PRESS DIGEST-British Business - Dec 4

Dec 4 (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

- Former British minister Glenys Kinnock has died on Sunday morning aged 79, her family announced.

The Guardian

- The parent company of Thames Water has been warned by its auditors that it could run out of money by April if shareholders do not inject more cash into the debt-laden firm.

- British media tycoon Richard Desmond is invoking EU law to sue the gambling regulator after it rejected his "fanciful" bid to run the national lottery, in a suit that could deprive good causes of millions of pounds.

The Telegraph

- British PM Rishi Sunak is set to block a 9% increase in the BBC licence fee, warning that the corporation has to be "realistic" about what the public can afford.

- British government lawyers could be stationed in Rwandan courts as part of a new treaty, expected to be signed this week, to help get deportation flights taking off.

Sky News

- The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) faces a deadline next September to refinance millions of pounds of funding put in place to avert its collapse during the autumn.

The Independent

- British MPs have charged taxpayers almost 300,000 pounds ($381,180) for energy bills and other utilities at their second homes over the past year.

($1 = 0.7870 pounds)

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)