The government has intervened in BT Group’s acquisition of TalkTalk, with Lisa Nandy, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, today issuing a Public Interest Intervention Notice and telling the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to report back to her by 19 October 2026.
The notice, issued under section 42 of the Enterprise Act 2002, will allow the secretary of state to consider the wider public interest once the CMA has reported on competition concerns, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said.
DCMS said the action was taken amid concerns that any collapse of TalkTalk could cause sudden disruption to phone and broadband services, putting lives, public services and vulnerable customers at risk.
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