PRESS DIGEST-British Business - Jan. 23

Jan 23 (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 - Ex-KPMG staff have accused partners at the company of freezing the pensions of their former colleagues, with some past employees of the accounting and consulting firm saying they have not had an inflation-linked rise in their pensions since 2008.

- Compass Group has agreed to buy provider of hospitality services and rival caterer CH&Co in a deal valued at 475 million pounds ($603.30 million).

The Guardian - Train drivers called off five days of additional strikes at LNER, after the state-owned operator withdrew plans to impose minimum service levels during next week's industrial action.

- US oil major ExxonMobil filed a lawsuit at a U.S. district court in Texas to block a vote on a climate resolution brought by a green activist.

The Telegraph - Jeff Zucker, the head of RedBird IMI and former CNN chief, and leader of an Abu Dhabi-backed bid for The Telegraph attended a Conservative networking lunch alongside the Prime Minister and the Culture Secretary, as they prepare to decide whether the takeover can go ahead.

- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a setback to his plans to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda after parliament's upper house backed a motion to delay ratification of a treaty aimed at overcoming a legal block.

Sky News - Wm Morrison is closing in on a 2.5 billion pound deal to sell its petrol forecourts portfolio to Motor Fuel Group, both of which are majority-owned by Clayton Dubilier & Rice.

- British electric-vehicle company Arrival is heading closer to insolvency after lining up a new set of advisers to oversee contingency planning.

($1 = 0.7873 pounds) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)