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Financial Times – EY warns UK arm of fresh cutbacks after failure to split Summary of the front page The Financial Times leads on the news that bosses at Ernst & Young have warned partners a fresh wave of cost-cutting and staff departures are on the way as the professional services partnership attempts to address “inefficiencies” in their business. Elsewhere, a striking black-and-white image of Ms Quant sits atop the Financial Times, alongside a headline that remembers her as a “British youth culture pioneer”. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

Daily Mirror – Rapists get his hands on £7m lotto jackpot Summary of the front page The Daily Mirror leads on the news that a convicted rapist has been given access to a £7.2m Lotto jackpot he won in 2004 after a lengthy legal battle. There is another exclusive in the Daily Mirror, this time about the convicted rapist Iorworth Hoare who the paper says has been granted access to the fortune he won in 2004 while serving life in prison. “Hoare, 70, has gained full access to his £7.2m fortune after a 15-year legal dispute,” the paper reports, adding…

The Sun – FerGET it Summary of the front page The Sun splashes on the news that Sarah Ferguson has not been invited to the coronation. The Duchess of York is apparently expected to watch the event on TV instead. The front page also reports on PM Rishi Sunak saying he knows what a woman is and it reports that the prime minister has insisted women do not have male genitalia. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

Daily Express – No appetite to make peace with Harry Summary of the front page The Daily Express claims that Prince Harry’s brief visit to Britain for the coronation will leave no time for him to mend fences with the rest of the Royal Family. The paper quotes a source as saying the Royal Family “are focused on planning for the historic [King’s coronation] and have no appetite or time at this stage to think about reconciliation” between the monarch and his son the Duke of Sussex. It comes following the news that Prince Harry will fly back to the…

The lady’s not for learning: Liz Truss tells US group she was right all along The Guardian says she’s back. Sort of. Liz Truss, a former British prime minister whose tenure lasted only 50 days, sought to revive her political career and economic agenda on Wednesday with a major speech – more than 3,500 miles from home. Truss’s unlikely comeback attempt was perhaps guaranteed a warmer welcome at the Heritage Foundation (a somewhat stuffy conservative thinktank in Washington that has its own Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom) than at many places in her native Britain. Knowing her audience, the ex-PM…

Vanessa Feltz reckons Liz Truss should take the I’m A Celebrity cheque and ‘beep off’ The Metro says Vanessa Feltz doesn’t think former Prime Minister Liz Truss has anything to lose by entering the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! jungle, and she should go in and take the money for it. Truss, who lasted as head of the Conservative party for 44 days, is now rumoured to be heading onto the reality competition, which last year saw former health secretary Matt Hancock take third place. Hancock, who was rumoured to be getting £400,000 for his stint on…

Liz Truss’s attempt at a comeback went about as well as you’d expect The Independent says on its own terms, Liz Truss’s visit to Washington DC could hardly have been more of a success. She’d been invited to speak to the very well known and very right-wing Heritage Foundation think tank, presumably as a little lunchtime treat for overworked staff in need of a bit of respite from their main job of trying to discredit all of the multiple criminal investigations into their hero Donald Trump. They’re not stupid, over at the Heritage Foundation. Entirely malignant, yes, but not stupid.…

Failed PM Liz Truss builds her Cold Warrior rebrand with China speech CANARY says Failed prime minister Liz Truss has used her first major speech since leaving office to attack China. She also took a swipe at France’s president Emmanuel Macron for visiting the Asian economic powerhouse. Truss was already hawkish, but that commitment seems to have become central to her politics since her short time as PM. She made a similar intervention in February 2023. Speaking at a conference in Tokyo, Truss tried to encourage Rishi Sunak, who succeeded her as PM after her abysmal tenure, that he should…

Environment Agency workers strike over pay Thousands of Environment Agency workers in England are set to stage a three-day strike from Friday over their claims of “endemic low pay”. The action from the Unison trade union will involve staff working on flood defences, river pollution and fires. Emergency response teams argue that they are too thinly stretched to be able to protect communities and maintain environmental safety. The strike follows months of industrial action by Environment Agency workers who have protested against a 2% pay increase offered by the government, claiming that it does not cover inflation and represents a…

Ford launches hands-free driving on UK motorways The UK government has approved Ford’s BlueCruise technology, which allows drivers to take their hands off the wheel while driving on certain motorways. The system can control steering, acceleration and braking, but requires a camera to monitor the driver’s eyes so they stay focused on the road.  Initially, the technology will only be available for 2023 models of the electric Mustang Mach-E SUV, and will be offered on a subscription basis. The first 90 days of the subscription are included with the purchase of the £50,830 car, after which drivers will have to…