Sept 8 (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 to kick off new defence industrial strategy with 250

million pounds

- Tottenham Hotspur 'not for sale' as owners reject takeover

interest

- Hargreaves Lansdown and Schroders ( SHNWF ) to offer private markets

to the masses

- Unions warn Starmer not to backtrack on workers' rights

Overview

- Britain's defence ministry will pledge to channel 250

million pounds ($337 million) into spending to rejuvenate the UK

local economy as part of a new "defence industrial strategy" to

be released on Monday.

- Tottenham Hotspur said that the English soccer club is not

for sale and that its majority shareholder Enic had turned down

takeover interest from two parties, including dealmaker Amanda

Staveley.

- Hargreaves Lansdown will offer customers access to

unlisted investments through self-invested personal pensions for

the first time, partnering with Schroders Capital to

offer two Long Term Asset Funds from next week.

- Britain's trade unions have warned that Prime Minister

Keir Starmer risks going in "the wrong direction" on workers'

rights as they gathered in Brighton on Sunday for their annual

conference.

($1 = 0.7418 pounds)

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)