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Editorial 30.09.24
Monday’s UK newspaper front pages cover a wide variety of domestic and international stories. The most notable is the rising escalation in the Middle East as Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen and tanks began to build up on the Lebanon border.
A little closer to home, the Conservative Party leadership contest is in full swing, with many of the hopefuls reacting to the latest extreme comment from Kemi Badenoch.
Ongoing speculation over the upcoming October Budget continues to make the headlines as does previews of Boris Johnson’s book regarding his time in office.
Away from politics, a handful of tabloids lead with the latest showbiz news.
The Guardian reports that Israel launched airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Sunday whilst also continuing its attack against Hezbollah in Lebanon. The paper notes both strikes came 48 hours after Israel assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
The i newspaper reports Israel’s military claims it has hit missile launchers, a sea port and a weapons supply route in Yemen, as it sought to widen its attacks. The paper says Israel is continuing preparations for a possible ground invasion in Lebanon.
The Times leads on the potential ground invasion saying hundreds of tanks massed near the the Israel-Lebanon border last night. The paper reports the US has called for restraint from both sides and warned Israeli PM Netanyahu that escalating the war will mean the 60,000 displaced Israelis won’t be able to return to their homes in the north.
The FT says the Israeli offensive has killed more than 1,000 people across Lebanon in the past two weeks, according to the health ministry.
The Metro calls it ‘Israel’s onslaught’ and its front page notes Israel is refusing to let up despite pleas from the West.
‘October Budget: Reeves to divert cash to NHS’
The Mirror leads on politics at home reporting Chancellor Rachel Reeves will divert extra cash into the NHS to repair years of damage under the Tory government. A treasury insider tells the paper Labour knows cutting NHS waiting lists is a “priority for people.”
The Daily Express continues its coverage of the winter fuel cuts saying the measure will leave 262,000 pensioners in need of medical treatment at a cost of £169m a year to the taxpayer.
The Daily Mail quotes Boris Johnson – via an extract from his memoir – in which he says the French president wanted to give Britain a “punishment beating” over Brexit. He claims President Macron was “weaponising” small boat crossings.
‘Kemi Badenoch comments draw backlash’
The Daily Telegraph reports Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch has seen fellow candidates turn on her following her latest controversial comments. She suggested that regulation around maternity pay had gone too far and were tying businesses in red tape. The paper claims she has sparked a Tory split over maternity pay costs.
The Times also features the story in a prominent place on Monday’s front page, saying her rivals “criticised her remarks calling for mothers to have ‘more personal responsibility’.”
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A City manager has gone all in on gold as government borrowing has spiralled to “bonkers” levels as a measure against inflation.
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Japan’s Nikkei 225 tumbled more than 4% on Monday and the Yen weakened against the dollar as traders reacted to the results of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party election last Friday.
China’s official purchasing managers’ index reading for September came in at 49.8, better than the 49.5 expected. However, this marked a fifth straight month of contraction for the manufacturing sector in China.
Markets in China will only be trading on Monday, before closing for the rest of the week due to the Golden Week holiday.
More US stocks are participating in the S&P 500’s latest march to record highs, easing concerns over a rally that has been concentrated in a handful of giant technology names for much of 2024.
And Bitcoin has seen one its best months but investors will be anxious of the annual drops on the horizon.
UK and European markets are expected to react to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and Palestine and gold prices are expected to surge over the next few weeks.
On the surface this may seem like a natural appointment, but once you dig deeper you see the problem. Labour has appointed oil baron Rachel Kyte as the lead UK’s return to high-level environmental diplomacy.
Until this year, she worked with Hedge fund (which has £1.2 Billion) invested in oil and fossil fuels and arms. And there’s more her company, through their foundation paid a £4 Million donation to the Labour party just before the election.
Furthermore Starmer has been accused to Rosie Duffield, MP for Canterbury, said she claimed Starmer had “a woman problem”, claiming that Downing Street was run by a male clique. “It’s clear the lads are in charge,”.
Maternity pay the next battle-axe for Tories, leadership contender Kemi Badenoch has suggested that maternity pay in the UK is “excessive”.
Sparking a debate among the leadership contenders about maternity rights, Badenoch, the former business secretary, said that maternity pay was “a function of tax”, adding: “Tax comes from people who are working, we’re taking from one group of people and giving to another. This, in my view, is excessive.”
Arguing that businesses were closing because the burden of regulation is too high she added: “We need to allow businesses, especially small businesses, to make more of their own decisions.”
This point will be picked up in the next election as a point to batter the dominant Labour party who should be on the other side of the fence. It makes a good sound bite for the Tories but will also allow identify with small businesses again.
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