PRESS DIGEST-British Business - April 6

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PRESS DIGEST-British Business - April 6

April 6 (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 MPs have raised national security and military sovereignty issues with the Ministry of Defence over its 5 billion pound ($6.61 billion) tender for satellite communications technology that could result in the contract going to Lockheed Martin LMT.N.

The Guardian

- The UK government is to break a manifesto commitment to ban foie gras imports, and has declined to stop fur imports, after the EU made these red lines in its discussions for a trade deal.

- The UK government has asked the Fair Work Agency, its new employment rights watchdog, to reduce the regulatory burden on business.

The Telegraph

- UK Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood is reportedly facing a challenge to her overhaul of the country's asylum system, raising the prospect of another Labour policy reversal.

Sky News

- Pepsi PEP.O and Diageo DGE.L have withdrawn their sponsorship of Wireless Festival, which Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, is due to headline, after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer joined criticism of the event.

($1 = 0.7570 pounds)

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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