Dec 22 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
The Times
- UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has backed away from plans to sharply increase the minimum income needed to bring a foreign partner or spouse to the UK, less than three weeks after announcing the policy.
The Guardian
- Passengers are suffering fresh disruption in the Christmas getaway after severe weather left rail lines blocked around Britain, while a strike by French Eurotunnel workers has halted Eurostar trains and cross-Channel shuttle services.
- The blustery weather brought by Storm Pia has helped Britain's windfarms set a new clean energy record, with wind turbines generating more than half of the country's electricity.
The Telegraph
- UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt has hinted at further tax cuts in the spring in the hope an anticipated fall in interest rates will lower the cost of servicing Britain's debt.
- Britons who use digital pounds issued by the Bank of England will have their privacy "guaranteed" under new laws designed to allay snooping fears.
Sky News
- British car makers have received a Christmas boost from the European Union after the rules allowing tariff-free exports to the continent were extended.
The Independent
- UK labour leader Keir Starmer has not ruled out using nuclear weapons if he becomes prime minister next year as he visited British troops near the border with Russia.
- UK prime minister Rishi Sunak's government has vowed to ban Premier League clubs from joining the European Super League, as the breakaway venture attempts a relaunch.
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)