The Independent – Don’t blame us for VAT raid on private schools: it’s their fault
The front page of the Independent leads on an exclusive as Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson defends a new 20 per cent tax on private school fees to fund her Blair Mk II education revolution.
A large image of Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane makes the front splash along with coverage of the French parliamentary elections.
Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party take the lead in first round of French election voting
Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) has taken a strong lead in France’s first round of parliamentary elections, following an unusually high turnout among voters.
Official results showed that the nationalist leader’s party won 33 per cent of the vote, while current president Emmanuel Macron’s Together coalition slumped to third place on 20 per cent. Leftwing party New Popular Front (NFP) scored around 28 per cent.
Nearly 60 per cent of the population turned out to vote, the highest in nearly four decades. By 5pm local time, 59.39 per cent of voters had already cast their ballot, compared with 39.42 per cent in 2022, according to Ipsos researcher Mathieu Gallard.
Jude Bellingham delivered salvation but he can’t hide England’s huge flaws
Gareth Southgate, duly, still believed. As the clock ticked into the 94th minute, and England looked like they were still going, the manager evidently wasn’t thinking about what he was going to say. He was still thinking about how they could rescue it, what could be done.
“I had belief right the way through that we’d get the goal. I didn’t think it would be as late as it was. I wasn’t ready to go home yet and clearly the players felt the same way.”
One player certainly wasn’t, and there is an argument he thinks in a different way than any previous England player. Jude Bellingham has now given the national team a moment they’ve never had. There’s never been salvation like this.
Biden clan tries to blames campaign staff for disastrous debate performance
Joe Biden’s family has blamed the president’s campaign team for his disastrous debate performance, questioning whether top advisers should be fired while insisting he should remain in the White House race, according to reports.
First Lady Jill Biden, son Hunter Biden and the president’s grandchildren convened at Camp David on Sunday to rally behind the president amid calls for him to wind down his re-election campaign.
Catch up on Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
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Editorial 01 July 2024.
Monday’s front pages are dominated by two stories: the French elections and England’s National Football team.
The French headed to the polls on Sunday and as opinion polls predicted, the far-right National Rally (RN) party swept the first round of voting. The snap French elections have caused chaos in France – with many papers noting that Macron’s decision to call the election, appears to have backfired.
England’s last-16 match also features – with images of Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane on most front pages. England put in another poor performance, losing 1-0 to Slovakia before Jude Bellingham scored a stunning overhead kick to equalise – in the 95th minute. Captain Harry Kane gave England the lead just one minute into extra time.
Elsewhere, the papers also leave room for the upcoming UK general election – to be held on Thursday. There’s no surprise in how the papers cover the UK elections with the right-leaning papers warning Labour can’t be trusted on issues like defence, immigration and the economy and the left-leaning papers reporting on the 14 years of hell under the Tories and Labour’s promises of a brighter future.