Culture secretary Nadine Dorries removes restrictions, potentially paving way for merger of newspapers
Nadine Dorries has removed all legal barriers on Rupert Murdoch interfering in the editorial independence of the Times and the Sunday Times, ending restrictions that have been in place since he bought the newspapers in 1981.
The decision by the culture secretary also clears the way for a potential merger of the two titles, which are currently required to have largely separate editorial teams.
