PRESS DIGEST-Financial Times - Feb 12

Feb 12 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Headlines

- Michael Gove promises to bring in ban on no-fault evictions before election

- UK delays departure of second aircraft carrier set for Nato exercise

- UK in talks with Hitachi over buying Welsh nuclear site

- EY took on $700 mln in debt for doomed ‘Project Everest’ spin-off plan

Overview

- Britain's Michael Gove said on Sunday the government would "put the money into the courts" to enable them to handle an increase in caseload following a ban on Section 21 notices, which currently enable landlords to force out tenants without providing a reason.

- A second state of the art UK aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales has delayed its departure to the largest NATO exercise in Europe since the cold war, a week after its sister ship cancelled its deployment due to a problem with its propeller.

- British state-owned Great British Nuclear is in early-stage discussions with Hitachi to buy the site in an island off north Wales with a view to finding a new private sector partner to develop a station there.

- EY piled more than $700 million of extra debt on to its global operating business to deal with the costs of the failed plan to spin off its consulting arm, according to newly filed accounts by UK's Companies House.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)