Former Tory chancellor Nadhim Zahawi ‘seeks backers for £600m Telegraph bid’
by Mark Sweney from World news | The Guardian on (#6PCXC)
Ex-politician reportedly in talks with potential backers including the Reuben family
The former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has approached a number of billionaire backers about financing a potential 600m bid for the Telegraph newspapers and Spectator magazine.
Zahawi, who decided not to stand again in his Stratford-on-Avon seat at the general election, was originally involved as a middleman", introducing a UAE-backed consortium to the Barclay family, which enabled them to pay back 1.16bn in loans and take back control of the debt-laden business from Lloyds Banking Group last year.
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