PRESS DIGEST-British Business - September 28

Sept 27 (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

- Expansion of Heathrow airport has been cast into doubt after Prime Minister Burnham repeatedly refused to say if he backed the project.

- The government is to reopenthe UK resettlement scheme for vulnerable refugees with about one in four arrivals expected to be Afghan women and girls or Palestinians.

The Guardian

- Hundreds of protesters spent the day blocking the route of a hugely contentious parade in Northern Ireland after a court gave late-night clearance for the Orange Order to march on a historically significant road for the first time in nearly 30 years.

- Counter-terrorism police are investigating whether Iran is behind a suspected bomb plot after armed officers found explosives on three vans parked minutes from an RAF base used by the US military.

The Telegraph

- Andy Burnham has been told by senior Labour figures to fund free social care by scrapping the pension triple lock, a government promise which guarantees that the ​state pension rises each year by whichever ⁠is highest among inflation, wage growth ​or 2.5%.

Sky News

- Avanti West Coast will be nationalised as of March next year, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has announced as part of the government's efforts to nationalise most passenger rail services in the UK.

- Advent International, the private equity firm, is interested in buying a stake in Monzo, the British neobank which is in talks about a takeover which could value it at as much as £10bn.

The Independent

- British finance minister John Healey is slated to confirm expanded support for the domestic shipbuilding sector, with major investments targeted at the Royal Navy’s Scottish submarine facility in his inaugural address as Chancellor to the Labour Party conference on Monday.