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The Papers: ‘Lost Angeles’ and ‘Musk seeks plan to oust Starmer’
Several papers lead for a second day on the turmoil facing UK bond markets. The Daily Mail says experts are warning Rachel Reeves that she is facing a debt crisis “like the 1970s”. Daily Telegraph says the Conservatives have accused the chancellor of being “missing in action”, after she decided to go ahead with a…
The Papers: ‘Apocalypse’ LA and ‘Reeves faces extra tax rises’
The i is one of several newspapers analysing the growing financial pressures facing the chancellor. A panel of experts tell the paper there is a “toxic combination” of flatlining growth, soaring debt charges and geopolitical tensions that could wreck her Budget plans. Ben Zaranko from the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) calls it a “generational…
The Papers: ‘Meta reins in fact-checking’ and A&E ‘flu crisis’
The Financial Times says the change will help the social media giant to build bridges with Donald Trump as he prepares to return to the White House. It also notes that the move brings Meta’s boss, Mark Zuckerberg, into closer alignment with his fellow social media billionaire, Elon Musk, who slashed content moderation after buying…
Washington Post cartoonist resigns over paper’s refusal to publish cartoon critical of Jeff Bezos
Pulitzer prize winner Ann Telnaes drew a cartoon of the paper’s owner kneeling before Donald Trump The Washington Post’s Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes has resigned from her position at the newspaper after its refusal to publish a satirical cartoon depicting the outlet’s owner Jeff Bezos – along with other media and technology barons…
The Papers: Sara Sharif’s dad ‘attacked in prison’ and social care ‘shake-up’
Health Secretary Wes Streeting writes in the Guardian that the new commission on adult social care in England will “finally grasp the nettle”. He says it will set the country on the path to building a service which “meets the urgent need of our generation”. The Daily Mirror it is “imperative” that the commission succeeds.…
The Papers: ‘America under attack’ and crack down on people traffickers
In the words of the Times, the deadly attack in New Orleans marked the moment when New Year celebrations “turned to carnage”. A resident of the city describes, in the Daily Mirror, seeing a number of bodies lying beneath him as he looked down at the scene of the truck ramming from a nightclub balcony.…
The Papers: Energy bills ‘to rise further’ and world rings in 2025
“So much for cutting our energy bills!” is the headline on the front of The Daily Mail. It’s one of several papers to highlight increases in fuel costs for households. The Mail says Labour promised to slash prices, but the paper warns that families are now facing three hikes to the energy price cap in…
Australia kept quiet about early deployment of forces ahead of Iraq war, cabinet papers show
The Howard government sent military personnel to the Middle East well before officially authorising Australia’s involvement The Howard government avoided disclosing that it had sent military forces to the Middle East months before authorising Australia’s official involvement in the Iraq war in 2003, cabinet records show. Cabinet documents from 2003 and 2004 released by the…
The Papers: ‘Arise Sir Gareth’ and ‘justice for our Liam’
There’s praise for Gareth Southgate’s knighthood across the front pages, accompanied by a number of different pictures of him while he was leading England’s men’s footballers. “Arise Sir Gareth,” declare the Daily Express and the Daily Star. “Southgate scores in new year honours,” says the Times. According to the Daily Mirror, he “lifted a nation…