Labour Apsana Begum says welfare cut will push more families into desperation. Does the PM agree that this has not come out of the blue but instead Tory economics are to blame? PM says he does not agree and is committed to reducing poverty. He says there are 200k fewer kids in poverty and 1.3m less in absolute poverty. Labour’s Sarah Champion says people are struggling to put food on the table or fuel in…
PMQs Live – windfall tax would raise billions Starmer: tells PM to give him a break and adds a windfall tax would raise billions and ease the burden on working people. PM: energy companies need to invest and the 1997 Labour manifesto said there was no economic case for nuclear power and the govt is now having to reverse that. Starmer: makes a joke about hoping the PM’s police questionnaire was more convincing. The Tories…
PMQs Live – PM to face MPs since PartyGate fines PM Boris Johnson will face Labour’s Keir Starmer for this week’s PMQs – this Wednesday’s face off is significant because it’ll be the first PMQs since the Met Police started issuing fines to individuals over the PartyGate scandal – confirming Covid laws were broken in Downing Street. Scotland Yard announced on Tuesday that it was issuing an initial 20 fixed penalty notices after its investigation…
PMQs Live – 30/03/2022
The front page of the Independent leads with Russia’s pledge to reduce attacks around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
The Guardian says Boris Johnson’s position is under threat again after the police decision to issue fixed penalty notices to 20 people for lockdown breaches.
The Queen’s tearful farewell to Prince Philip is the focus of the Daily Mirror’s front page.
The Sun’s front page carries a striking image of the Queen at her late husband’s memorial service.
The Independent says police were seen visiting Will Smith’s home in Los Angeles two days after he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars 2022 ceremony.
The Independent says Germany said it has activated the first “early warning” stage of a gas supply emergency, after Russia’s repeated demands that it be paid for energy supplies in rubles.
The Independent says An urgent search has been launched for a missing 11-year-old schoolgirl in south London.
The Independent says a Tory MP asked a teenager if he was “a true Scotsman” and lifted his kilt, before sexually assaulting the youth’s 15-year-old brother in a bunkbed, a court has heard.
The Metro says the Ukrainian soldier who made headlines for telling a huge Russian warship to ‘go f**k yourself’ after being threatened with bombs was given a medal.
The Metro says a cabinet minister finally accepted the 20 No 10 staff fined over Covid lockdown parties did break the law – after Boris Johnson tried to avoid saying they did.
The Metro says President Joe Biden will sign the first federal legislation to make lynching a federal hate crime into law on Tuesday.
The Guardian says the UK’s poorest families will see the amount of spare cash at their disposal drop by a fifth this year with £850 less to spend on non-essentials as shop prices hit a decade high.
The Guardian says a police misconduct hearing involving three senior officers after accusations of a sexual offence at a drinks party will be held in private, with the public and media banned.
The Guardian says gunmen have attacked a train travelling from the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to the city of Kaduna, in an “unprecedented” act of violence.
Wednesday’s front pages.
France24 says five people were killed in gun attacks Tuesday near the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, emergency responders said, in the third fatal gun or knife spree in the Jewish state in a week.
Arab News says the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen announced on Tuesday that it will stop all military activities in Yemen starting Wednesday March 30 at 6 a.m.
The Metro England defender Harry Maguire was booed by fans at Wembley before and during the friendly with Ivory Coast on Tuesday night.
The Guardian says Boris Johnson faced a renewed threat to his position over the partygate scandal after the police decision to fine 20 people for lockdown breaches.
The Title What is happening? What are the facts? Perspective Twenty fines will be issued as part of the police inquiry into Downing Street parties that broke Covid rules.Met police will not be saying who is fined or which events the fixed penalty notices relate to.Downing Street has said before that it would confirm if the prime minister was facing a fine.Fixed penalty notices are a sanction for breaking the law, and mean a fine,…
PartyGate had dropped out of the news for some time – with the ongoing war in Ukraine dominating the papers, it was easy to forget the Downing Street scandal.
