National Security and Investment Bill to be presented to Parliament

At present only a relatively small number of takeovers can be called in and potentially blocked on national security grounds, and the British system is used sparingly compared with other countries, in particular the US.

A growing number of Conservative backbenchers want the rules to make it harder for Chinese companies to buy strategic British firms – after they successfully forced the government to drop Huawei from 5G mobile networks after 2027.

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