The swoop is also facing opposition from the CWU, which is instead calling for a “new ownership and governance model” for Royal Mail. Mr Kretinsky’s EP Group, which is expected to make a fresh offer ahead of a deadline of May 15 set under City takeover rules, has held meetings …
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A Czech energy tycoon that trade union leaders claim is plotting a takeover of Royal Mail is being advised by Chuka Umunna, The Telegraph can disclose. The former Labour leadership hopeful, who was a prominent critic of Royal Mail’s privatisation while a frontbench MP, has been hired by Vesa Equity, …
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Former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable is to step down as an MP at the next election, the party has announced. The news will spark a scramble for Cable’s Twickenham seat, with newly-defected Lib Dem MPs Chuka Umunna and Sarah Wollaston thought likely to be at the head of …
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