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Colonel Arthur B. Sleigh launched The Daily Telegraph and Courier in June 1855 to air a personal grievance against Prince George, Duke of Cambridge. The first edition appeared on the 29th of June 1855 at a cost of 2d and contained four pages.
The paper won British Newspaper of the Year in 2009 for its coverage of the parliamentary expenses scandal which led to numerous high-profile political resignations from both Labour and Conservative parties. Reporters posed as businessmen to film England manager Sam Allardyce offering advice on FA rules in September 2016 before he left his job by mutual consent after the investigation concluded on the 27th of September.
RedBird IMI agreed to acquire The Telegraph for £500 million in May 2025 but this deal collapsed in November 2025 due to negative media coverage. The UK government effectively banned RedBird IMI from taking over in April 2024 after Culture secretary Lucy Frazer issued a public interest intervention notice on the 30th of November.
The paper supported Whig and Liberal Party ideas before the late 1870s and has endorsed the Conservative Party at every UK general election since 1945. It endorsed voting to leave the EU in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum and supported the Better Together No Campaign during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.
Electronic Telegraph launched at midday on the 15th of November 1994 as Europe's first daily web-based newspaper. The paper reported 1,035,710 subscribers in December 2023 including digital and print editions.