July 9 (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

- Rishi Sunak joins Goldman Sachs as senior adviser

- Brookfield set to take over 20% stake in Sizewell C

- Macron urges Britain and France to move on from Brexit and work 'side by side'

- UK Statistics Authority chair to step down after 'systemic' failures at ONS

Overview

- Former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak is set to join Goldman Sachs GS.N as a senior adviser, in his first major role since he resigned as Conservative party leader last year following Labour's landslide general election victory.

- Brookfield Asset Management BAM.TO is set have a more than 20% stake in Sizewell C, making it the largest shareholder after the UK government, and EDF will cut its stake to 12.5%, according to terms close to being finalised with the UK government for its flagship nuclear project.

- French President Emmanuel Macron has called for Britain and France to move on from Brexit and work "side by side" on issues including migration and defence, declaring "let's not allow the Channel to grow wider".

- The chair of the UK Statistics Authority, Robert Chote, is to step down after facing fierce criticism for allowing "systemic" failures of management that undermined crucial economic data to go unchecked on his watch.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

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