Jan 11 (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

- UK and EDF 'on track' to raise 20 bln pounds for Sizewell C funding by end of year

- UK migrant report will outline no new 'safe and legal' routes to the country

- Government defends access to UK pension surpluses

- UK HS2 high-speed railway's estimated cost soars to 67 bln pound

Overview

- The drive by the British government and French state-owned energy company EDF to raise close to 20 billion pounds ($25.49 billion) from private investors to help finance the building of a new nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast should be completed later this year, according to the energy minister responsible for the sector.

- The UK government will on Thursday release a report on available routes for migrants seeking to enter the UK but it will not include proposals for any new so-called safe and legal pathways, according to people briefed on its contents.

- Trustees of UK pension schemes would be prevented from taking "overly risky" decisions after government plans to ease employers’ access to billions of pounds in pension fund surpluses, ministers said.

- The estimated cost of building the UK's HS2 high-speed railway between London and Birmingham has soared to as much as 67 billion pounds, according to the project's top executive, who said there was no guarantee it would not rise further. ($1 = 0.7847 pounds) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)