--The U.K. won't include financial services in its push for closer alignment with the EU following industry lobbying against a return to the bloc's regulations, FT says, citing unnamed sources.

--Prime Minister Kier Starmer said he had no intention to reintegrate the country's financial sector with Brussels' rule book as the country has made substantial progress on financial-services reform, FT says.

-- According to the sources, the U.K. would risk trading flexibility for uniformity and would have less scope to shape its own rules, FT reports.

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