Oct 9 (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
SNP members of parliament will cause "maximum disruption" to the Westminster government if it continues to "treat Scotland as a second-class nation". https://bit.ly/2E9ymxU
The Guardian
Jaguar Land Rover is to close its Solihull plant for two weeks because of slumping sales in China, where trade tensions with the U.S. are denting consumer confidence. https://bit.ly/2zZP5zy
The CBI has demanded that Philip Hammond use the budget on 29 October to prepare companies for a post-Brexit future with a £2bn package of measures to bolster investment, raise skills and ease the burden of business rates. https://bit.ly/2PmdDIn
The Telegraph
The UK is refusing calls to repatriate at least nine Britons detained in Syria for links to Isil, the Telegraph has learnt, as it emerged crown prosecutors may not have the power to bring returning extremists to justice. https://bit.ly/2RD81uC
Wayne Rooney has thrown his support behind his embattled former manager Jose Mourinho, telling those Manchester United team-mates he once played alongside that they have under-performed in recent weeks and must take their share of the responsibility. https://bit.ly/2zZ0kIt
Sky News
The identity of the second suspect in the Salisbury poisoning has been revealed as Dr Alexander Yevgenyevich Mishkin, a doctor in Russia's military intelligence agency. https://bit.ly/2IPaRJn
The man in charge of the Met Police when an unarmed officer was murdered during the Westminster terror attacks stayed in his car nearby as he had no protective equipment, inquests into the attack have heard. https://bit.ly/2IJFQq1
The Independent
Water companies should be given new powers to introduce compulsory metering in an effort to reduce waste, a committee of MPs have warned in a new report. https://ind.pn/2yrCO4P
Protesters have scaled the German embassy in London to urge Germany to stop mining coal, as a major U.N. report calls for unprecedented action to tackle climate change. https://ind.pn/2NuXM8L
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom; Editing by Sandra Maler)