Ministers call for national security review of Viasat’s £5.4bn Inmarsat acquisition

Ministers have written to business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng calling for a national security review of Inmarsat’s £5.4bn takeover by US rival Viasat, on the basis that it will “diminish the UK’s sovereign capabilities” in the space sector. Tom Tugendhat, the chairman of the  foreign affairs select committee, has written to Kwarteng expressing the body’s concerns [...]