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BT’s purchase of TalkTalk is cosy – but probably politically sensible | Nils Pratley

BT’s purchase of TalkTalk is cosy – but probably politically sensible | Nils Pratley

For all the howls of a ‘stitch-up’, it’s hard to see what ministers were supposed to do, as the alternatives risked worse outcomes BT to buy broadband supplier TalkTalk in £400m rescue deal, saving 900 jobs “All the characteristics of a stitch-up masked as a rescue deal in the…

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