Court blocks inquiry into Independent and Standard's links to Saudi Arabia

Evgeny Lebedev-controlled titles successfully argue that government is too late to investigate 2018 deal A mysterious investment in the Evening Standard and Independent will not be investigated on competition grounds after a court ruled that the government had missed a deadline to intervene, despite claims the financial backer has "strong links to the Saudi Arabian state". In June the government said it wished to investigate the sale of substantial stakes in the two titles, controlled by the Rus...