May 1 (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

- Rishi Sunak is drawing up plans to boost support for first-time home buyers in UK, as a key plank of the Conservatives' campaign for a fifth term in office.

- King Charles and Queen Camilla will be crowned in an inclusive coronation service, with everybody encouraged to pledge aloud their allegiance to Charles in a "homage of the people".

The Guardian

- King Charles has been urged to call for the breakup of the "UK's network of satellite tax havens" through which an estimated 152 billion pounds ($190.99 billion) worth of tax is avoided every year, according to Tax Justice Network, a coalition of researchers and activists campaigning against tax avoidance.

- U.S. regulators are racing to secure the sale of California bank First Republic, which is on course to become the third American lender to fail this year, a sequence of collapses that has drawn uncomfortable parallels with the 2008 global financial crisis.

The Telegraph

- Police are examining what happened to monies left to the Scottish National Party (SNP) in deceased supporters' wills.

- Hundreds of pension schemes have been ordered to check whether their data was stolen by cyber criminals during a major hack of Britain's biggest outsourcer Capita.

Sky News

- Henry Birch, who was also chief executive of casino operator Rank Group and William Hill Online, will join Vue International as a non-executive director. ($1 = 0.7959 pounds) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)