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Jan 5 (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
Employers will be able to sue unions and sack staff under government plans to curb the right to strike, The Times has been told.
Meta Platforms, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has been fined 390 million euros ($413.99 million) by the Irish information regulator for breaching European Union data privacy laws and ordered to change the way it collects user information.
The Guardian
UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed that he will announce plans to reduce energy support for businesses in the Commons next week, telling industry leaders it was “unsustainably expensive”.
The Telegraph
Shell has delayed the payment of taxpayer energy bill support payments to thousands of its customers, sparking criticism over its role in the cost of living crisis.
Sir Keir Starmer will vow on Thursday that Labour will not "get its big government chequebook out again" if it wins the next election, saying Britain cannot spend its way out of its current problems.
Sky News
Amazon is set to endure a strike by workers in the UK for the first time on 25 January as part of a fight for better pay.
UK PM Rishi Sunak has pledged to boost the economy, cut hospital waiting lists and stop migrant crossings in the Channel in his first speech of 2023.
The Independent
UK PM Rishi Sunak is poised to fast-track future public sector pay talks in a bid to end strikes that will see nurses walk off wards again this month. ($1 = 0.9421 euros) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)