PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Feb 13
Feb 13 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Headlines
- UK competition regulator must be 'less risk averse', minister will urge
- Treasury fears UK watchdog will give it little credit for pro-growth reforms
- UK needs air travel reform if it wants third Heathrow runway, says airport boss
- UK trader wins fight against extradition to US on insider trading charges
Overview
- The British competition regulator must be "less risk averse", business minister Jonathan Reynolds will say on Thursday as he sets out a much-anticipated mandate for the watchdog after ousting its chair last month.
- Britain's Finance Minister Rachel Reeves is not expecting to get credit from the UK's fiscal watchdog for her attempts to boost growth when it publishes its official forecasts next month.
- The British government must bring in sweeping reforms to the country's air travel regulations if it wants Heathrow's third runway to become a reality, the airport's chief executive Thomas Woldbye has said.
- A British-Lebanese securities trader Joseph El-Khouri wanted in the United States for alleged insider dealing on Wednesday won his fight against extradition at the United Kingdom's Supreme Court.
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