Daily Express – Even Labour’s union backers want fuel cuts scrapped
The Daily Express says retired members of the Unite union will protest at the Labour conference over cuts to the winter fuel payment for pensioners. The paper says they will try to force a U-turn on the decision to scrap the payments by protesting on the second day of Labour’s conference in Liverpool.
There is coverage of the ongoing allegations made about former Harrods owner Mohammed Al Fayed, with the headline asking why he wasn’t prosecuted.
Elsewhere, Princess Kate is pictured on the front page.
Keir Starmer faces crunch vote as union demands winter fuel payment U-turn
Sir Keir Starmer faces a showdown with unions tomorrow after being accused of “picking the pockets” of pensioners by axing the winter fuel payment.
Unite, which will stage a demonstration at Labour’s conference in Liverpool on Monday, is set to force a vote on reversing the government’s decision to scrap the lifeline for up to 10 million pensioners.
The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), Unison and the Communication Workers Union are expected to support the calls for a U-turn ahead of Rachel Reeves’ budget next month.
Sharon Graham, Unite’s general secretary, has slammed the Chancellor’s decision as “cruel”, “embarrassing” and a “and a “mis-step”.
Princess Kate sparks fan frenzy with ‘lovely’ autumn look as she steps out in Balmoral
The Princess of Wales looked autumn-ready as she stepped out in Balmoral today to attend the Sunday church service with her husband, the Prince of Wales, King Charles and Queen Camilla.
Princess Kate was a vision in brown as she sported her beloved Hicks & Brown Suffolk fedora in dark brown (£109), what appears to be a dark-coloured turtleneck, a pair of gold earrings by Cassandra Goad (£2,780) and a brown checked wool blazer by Blazé Milano (£1,282.00).
Kate’s hat featured feathers and bronze accents as well as a brown leather band.
She previously wore it in August when she was seen attending another Sunday church service with the rest of the royals.
Today was the future Queen’s first appearance since announcing she had completed her cancer treatment earlier this month.
‘Monster’ Mohamed Al Fayed compared to Jimmy Savile for ‘horrific sexual exploitation’
Mohamed Al Fayed was “quite simply, a monster”, a barrister representing women who allege they were variously raped and sexually assaulted by the former Harrods owner has said.
The case against Mr Al Fayed, who died last year at the age of 94, is “horrific”, Dean Armstrong KC told a press conference today.
He said: “I have many years of practice I have never seen a case as horrific as this.
“This case combines some of the most horrific elements of the cases involving Jimmy Savile, Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein.
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“No More Austerity!” – Monday’s newspaper front pages are heavily dominated by the chancellor’s party conference speech later today. Rachel Reeves will lay out the plans to get Britain’s economy back on track with a speech that is set to offer a positive version of the future after dire warnings about the economy since they came to power.
The Labour Party conference is taking place in Liverpool and marks the first annual conference in government for 15 years.
Beyond politics, there is continued coverage of the allegations about former Harrods owner Mohammed Al-Fayed.
