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Tuesday Briefing: Documents reveal UK government minister’s push to smooth Saudi takeover of Newcastle United

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27 September 2022 - 3:30 AM

New documents have emerged which appear to further expose the UK government’s extensive efforts to facilitate the Saudi Arabian takeover of Newcastle United, The Guardian reports.

The documents were released by the Department for International Trade in response to a freedom of information request by openDemocracy.

They show that Lord Gerry Grimstone, then minister for investment, asked the then Premier League chairman, Gary Hoffman, in August 2020 to share the le

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