PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - September 8
Sept 8 (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 to kick off new defence industrial strategy with 250 million pounds
- Tottenham Hotspur 'not for sale' as owners reject takeover interest
- Hargreaves Lansdown and Schroders to offer private markets to the masses
- Unions warn Starmer not to backtrack on workers' rights
Overview
- Britain's defence ministry will pledge to channel 250 million pounds ($337 million) into spending to rejuvenate the UK local economy as part of a new "defence industrial strategy" to be released on Monday.
- Tottenham Hotspur said that the English soccer club is not for sale and that its majority shareholder Enic had turned down takeover interest from two parties, including dealmaker Amanda Staveley.
- Hargreaves Lansdown will offer customers access to unlisted investments through self-invested personal pensions for the first time, partnering with Schroders SDR.L Capital to offer two Long Term Asset Funds from next week.
- Britain's trade unions have warned that Prime Minister Keir Starmer risks going in "the wrong direction" on workers' rights as they gathered in Brighton on Sunday for their annual conference.
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