Nov 11 (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

- Some 47 different car models under 20 brands by 11 manufacturers are suspected of being more polluting than thought and could be recalled as a result of a government investigation into a far wider dieselgate scandal.

- The government is weighing up backing a private member's bill that would raise the age at which social media companies would be allowed to collect data on children.

The Guardian

- Thames Water's board is split over two competing deals from its lenders aimed at saving the UK's biggest water supplier from going insolvent.

The Telegraph

- In a letter to Chancellor Reeves, more than 200 hospitality bosses warned the sharp increases in National Insurance contributions (NICs) were "unsustainable" and would lead to venues shutting down and slashing jobs within a year.

- Britain's wind generation is set to plummet to virtually zero this week as Energy Minister Ed Miliband presses ahead with plans to increase the nation's reliance on renewable energy.

Sky News

- Bank of America BAC.N and JP Morgan JPM.N have hired Simpson Thacher to represent them in the escalating battle for the future of Thames Water.

The Independent

- The British prime minister is being urged to bolster the UK's relationship with the European Union following Donald Trump's re-election, as Sandro Gozi, the new chair of the European delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly, argues there is a "big opportunity" for closer ties.

- The UK must ramp up its efforts to produce renewable energy and take action on climate change, Britain's Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has said in the wake of Donald Trump's re-election as president of the United States.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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