Sir Keir Starmer is initiating a national inquiry into grooming gangs, following insights from a government-requested audit led by Baroness Casey.

Friday’s UK news is dominated by Israel’s attack on Iran – and analysis into whether the attack might spiral into a wider conflict, the Air India plane crash in which one person – a British man – remarkably survives. The media are assessing what might have caused the crash and attempting to assign blame. Also topping the UK news, is the major blood cancer breakthrough as a new therapy is rolled out on the NHS in a “world first.”

Leading economist Paul Johnson warns Rachel Reeves may need to raise taxes following disappointing economic indicators, contrary to her claims of a “fully funded” spending review.

Read how the left-wing media has reacted to the chancellor’s Spending Review.

Read how the right-wing media has reacted to the chancellor’s Spending Review.

Thursday’s newspaper front pages are dominated by reactions to the spending review. It won’t come as much of a surprise how the papers have reacted – with the left-leaning press cheering on the injection of cash, bringing an end to the Conservative austerity and framing the review as a “renewal of Britain.” The right-leaning press tells their readers to “brace for tax pain” calling Rachel Reeves’s review “fantasy spending.”