May 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
- A third jab is to be offered to everyone in Britain over 50 in the autumn in an attempt to eradicate the threat from COVID-19 entirely by Christmas, The Times has been told. https://bit.ly/33dZV2C
- British officers will be embedded in Indian police forces to help break up people-smuggling gangs as part of a deal struck between the two countries to crack down on illegal immigration. https://bit.ly/2RsFMmN
The Guardian
- Odeon is to reopen the vast majority of its UK cinemas on May 17, but film fans will initially find new Hollywood blockbusters in short supply as the industry gets back on its feet after a gruelling series of pandemic lockdowns. https://bit.ly/3nNBAu1
- The European Commission has said that efforts to ratify a massive investment deal with China have been in effect suspended after tit-for-tat sanctions were imposed over China's treatment of its Uyghur population in March. https://bit.ly/3nOet2r
The Telegraph
- UK's Rishi Sunak has suggested wealthy families will be spared from a U.S.-style tax raid as he hailed the strength of Britain's surging economic recovery. https://bit.ly/2PTaghE
- Bosses at some of Britain's biggest pubs are preparing to allow drinkers to prop up the bar from next month as they urged Boris Johnson to stick to plans for easing social distancing restrictions. https://bit.ly/3umm4HY
Sky News
- The executive who brought Watchstone, one of the London stock market's most controversial companies, back from the brink of collapse has been picked to fill a three-year vacancy at the helm of the government's main innovation agency. https://bit.ly/3nR1gGq
- A Northern Ireland minister has threatened legal action against the UK and the EU over post-Brexit trading arrangements. https://bit.ly/3eh1OSI (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)