Front page summary Metro – MP: I need £5k to pay off bad people Metro reports…

Front page summary Daily Mirror – I warned the Tories about him 3 months ago The…

Front page summary The Sun – Taylor Swift’s revenge The Sun says Taylor Swift has “savaged”…

Front page summary The Sun – Taylor Swift’s revenge The Sun says Taylor Swift has “savaged”…

Friday’s newspaper leads feature various stories, but almost all of them are domestic political news. A number of the headlines lead on plans from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to challenge what he describes as Britain’s “sick note culture.” Elsewhere, the EU’s olive branch to UK students, Thames Water nationalisation plans and the Tory MP cash scandal make the front pages.

Several UK papers, and most of the Scottish front pages, of course, lead on news that former Scottish First Minister, Nicola Strugeon’s husband has been charged with stealing from the SNP. 

Most of the papers offer up a snippet of their review of the latest Taylor Swift album on their front pages. So far, it’s all glowing reviews for Taylor’s – The Tortured Poets Department.

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