PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - January 26
Jan 26 (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
- Labour Party tensions mount as Andy Burnham is blocked from standing as an MP
- Water companies press for faster abolition of regulator
- Hargreaves Lansdown cuts fees as competition escalates
- England and Wales to hand counterterror policing to new national force
Overview
- Britain's Labour Party has barred Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton by-election, triggering political backlash.
- Britain's privatised water companies are urging the government to accelerate plans to scrap regulator Ofwat.
- Hargreaves Lansdown will cut annual account and share-dealing fees for around half its customers and introduce a new fund trading charge.
- British home secretary Shabana Mahmood will unveil plans to shift responsibilities including counter-terrorism and organised crime duties to a new national police force for England and Wales.
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