Miliband: Cameron a 'cheerleader' for Pfizer deal

A stronger “public interest test” should be introduced for takeovers of strategically important businesses, Ed Miliband said as he demanded a full assessment of whether Pfizer’s potential takeover of AstraZeneca would be good for Britain.

The Labour leader has written to British Prime Minister David Cameron calling for the publication of any analysis the Government has made of the proposal.