It’s a massive day in British politics today, as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver his Spring Budget at 12:30 – just after PMQs. Many of Wednesday’s papers speculate on what the Budget will include, as some measures appear to have been leaked.
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What new information will be in the Sarah Everard documentary? The third anniversary of the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard has just passed. The 33-year-old marketing executive was walking home on the evening of 3 March 2021, when she was kidnapped by a then-serving Met police officer Wayne Couzens. On 9 March, Couzens was arrested. A day later Everard’s body was found. A new documentary about Sarah’s murder will be aired on the…
Tuesday’s front pages feature a variety of stories, with no one single lead. Several papers lightly cover the upcoming Wednesday Budget – with more speculation, though it’s not as heavy as yesterday’s coverage.
Unseen photos of Sarah Everard show her as a smiling student before murder Unseen photos of Sarah Everard show that Sarah was just walking home. The marketing executive was once a smiling university student. She was once someone who lounged by the swimming pool at the Brockwell Lido, close to where she lived in south London’s Brixton. But on March 3, 2021, aged 33, she was abducted, raped and murdered by Wayne Couzens, a Metropolitan…
Many of Monday’s newspapers continue to share their expectations for the Wednesday Budget. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is hoping to introduce tax cuts in the upcoming Budget – a key policy for Conservatives – but several front pages warn that a squeeze on public spending to fund the tax cuts could leave the country facing even worse living standards.
Paramedics also found a younger woman, aged 39, who was suffering from serious injuries.
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Most of Sunday’s newspapers report on the upcoming March Budget, set to be delivered on Wednesday.
Not all of the morning newspapers cover the massacre in Gaza last night, by the Israeli IDF who killed over 100 Palestinians and injured hundreds in Gaza who were queuing at aid trucks, igniting international condemnation and accusations of war crimes.
Meanwhile, political manoeuvring takes centre stage as The Express attempts to redirect the focus from George Galloway’s Rochdale by-election victory by highlighting Suella Braveman’s dire warnings on immigration.
The Workers Party of Britain candidate’s campaign heavily focuses on Gaza. He has overturned a Labour majority with 12,335 votes.
‘Some snow is also likely to affect some higher routes and communities for a brief time.’
Good Morning! Thursday’s front pages look ahead at the March Budget, with a clear divide along political lines on how they speculate on what measures might be included.
Two French naval vessels and a helicopter were deployed. The other passengers on board were taken to safety.
Boy, 14, fighting for life after being stabbed while answering knock at the door Parents have have been left too terrified to let their kids go out after a 14-year-old boy was stabbed while answering the door in Manchester. The teenager is currently fighting for life in hospital following the ‘sickening attack’ yards from two primary schools in the Levenshulme area at around 8pm on Monday. A 15-year-old boy and 41-year-old woman have both been…
(Though, let’s face it, they might have had good reason to. What with their kids flying up into tubes and swelling into blueberries.)
Prince William has pulled out of attending a memorial service for his late godfather due to an undisclosed personal matter.
His sudden death on Sunday evening at the age of 45 plunged the Royal Family into a state of shock.
He had been trying to overturn a ruling which saw his security downgraded after he stopped being a working royal.
Several of the right-leaning newspapers note the death of 45-year-old Thomas Kingston, who was the husband of Lady Gabriella Kingston and son-in-law of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.
Emergency services were called, but he was pronounced dead by London Ambulance Service at the scene.
Police believe Lilly-Marie Hollins, 13, from East Malling and Jazmyn Mansfield, 17, from Barming – both villages on the outskirts of Maidstone – may be in the same place.
(Though, let’s face it, they might have had good reason to. What with their kids flying up into tubes and swelling into blueberries.)
“We don’t think we should be implementing certain tax cuts now, essentially that are paid for by uncertain spending cuts that might never be delivered,” IFS deputy director Carl Emmerson said.
Tragedy as Staffordshire Police have recovered the body of a 17-year-old boy who had been reported missing in Staffordshire Lake.
Daily Mirror says school suspensions have shot up due to a surge in violent behaviour among school pupils.