Nov 14 (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

- Starmer and Reeves ditch plan to increase income tax rates

in the Budget

- Aston Martin chair explored buyout of carmaker with Saudi

fund

- Elliott's litigation fund behind UK lawsuit against

Rightmove ( RTMVF )

- BBC apologises to Donald Trump for edit of speech but

refuses to pay compensation

Overview

- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and finance minister

Rachel Reeves have abandoned plans to raise income tax rates,

changing course just weeks before the November 26 release of the

government's budget.

- Aston Martin chair Lawrence Stroll has explored a deal

with Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund to take the British

luxury-car maker private, as the struggling group seeks to raise

additional funding amid expanding losses.

- A litigation funding arm of US hedge fund Elliott is financing

a planned class-action lawsuit against Britain's biggest

property listing portal Rightmove ( RTMVF ) over claims the

property website levies "excessive and unfair" charges on UK

estate agents.

- The British Broadcasting Corporation sent a personal apology

to U.S. President Donald Trump but said there was no legal basis

for him to sue the public broadcaster over a documentary his

lawyers called defamatory.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)