Author: News Desk

The National Scot leads with Stephen Flynn’s calls for the Labour government to dump their ‘Tory spending rules.’

The Daily Mail welcomes the planned changes to the welfare system, calling on the prime minister and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall, to “stand firm against the naysayers”.

Britain is over diagnosing mental health conditions, and too many in the country are being signed off on disability.

Labour backbenchers are speaking to the i newspaper, telling them they will soon make it known they are opposing the planned changes to benefits.

Labour is set to reveal cuts to the welfare system on Tuesday – a move that has drawn backlash and praise from the backbenches.

Newcastle United secured a historic 2-1 victory over Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final last night, ending a 70-year domestic trophy drought.

Monday’s headlines are heavily dominated by politics with planned changes to the UK’s welfare system expected to be unveiled later this week. 

Many publications offer their assessment of the planned changes as Labour’s left prepares to mount a rebellion, and Conservative and Tory-supporting media praise the Labour government’s move. The exact details of the changes will be set out by Work and Pensions Secretary Liz on Tuesday.

Newcastle’s emphatic 2-1 win over Liverpool leads much of the English news as the Toons see their first silverware in 70 years and Eddie Howe becomes the first English manager to win an English cup since 2008.

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Pope Francis has been photographed for the first time since his hospitalisation over a month ago, celebrating mass in a wheelchair.