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Royal Mail deal to be probed over potential Russia links

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74% Informative

Officials have "called in" the purchase of the postal service's parent company for an investigation under the National Security and Investment Act .

Officials will look at whether the UK could be hurt by the private purchase of a postal service that has been delivering mail since it was founded by Henry VIII .

Mr Kretinsky is trying to buy the whole parent company in a 5bn deal, including assumed debts.

VR Score

73

Informative language

68

Neutral language

69

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semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

49

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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1

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