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£14 billion for nuclear to keep the lights on The Daily Telegraph reports Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg’s detention by Israeli authorities is the top image for the paper, as Israel says she and others on the Gaza-bound boat carrying aid are “undergoing medical examinations to ensure they are in good health”. But the paper also cites Energy Secretary Ed Miliband’s declaration of a new “golden age” for the British nuclear industry, after the £14bn earmarked…

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Trump targets governor as unrest spreads The Times says Donald Trump has said that California Governor Gavin Newsom should be arrested amid protests over Trump’s immigration crackdown. Newsom has said he will sue Trump for sending in troops and escalating a very calm situation. The chancellor’s winter fuel U-turn also makes the front pages as does speculation over how much funding will be available for police in Wednesday’s spending review.

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Tuesday’s newspapers are dominated by the news that Chancellor Rachel Reeves has U-turned on her scrapping of winter fuel payments for roughly 9 million pensioners. Those pensioners will now again be eligible before this winter – it’s unclear if pensioners who missed out will be able to get the money backdated.
On Wednesday, Reeves will unveil her spending review, with speculation rife across the papers, critics are asking just who is paying for all this.

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California set to sue Trump as unrest spreads – Tuesday’s front pages report on the ongoing unrest across California which is spreading across other US cities. The clashes between protesters of the immigration crackdown and the US National Guard are making international headlines as California says it will sue the US President for escalating the protests by sending in troops.

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Tuesday’s newspapers lead with the U-turn on the winter fuel payments cut. Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that she would restore the payment to more than three-quarters of pensioners who initially lost out after the government cut the payment last year. The move was widely condemned across the political spectrum, and the reversal has been widely welcomed – regardless of the paper’s political leanings. 

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