The Times says Boris Johnson and senior ministers have agreed to increase national insurance to fund long-term reform of social care and reduce NHS waiting lists

The Times says JK Rowling has mocked an online troll who threatened her with a pipe bomb over her views on gender.

The Times says NHS staff will be given a 3 per cent pay rise by the government in coming days but the increase is still likely to be opposed by unions.

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The Sun says: BORIS Johnson wanted to visit the Queen at the start of the UK’s Covid pandemic and had to be stopped, Dominic Cummings has shockingly claimed.

The i says the Government’s U-turn on arrivals from France is a “total disaster” and tourism operators face going bust if the “amber-plus” list grows, industry figures have warned.

The i says Arsenal have completed the signing of Belgium U21 midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga from Anderlecht in a transfer worth a reported £18m.

The i says Boris Johnson said he did not believe the NHS would be overwhelmed by coronavirus and suggested people “get Covid and live longer”

The i says Germany has defended the way it handled last week’s flash floods that killed scores of people and left towns and villages destroyed.

The Guardian says the NHS in England could be offered a 3% pay rise, despite the government previously insisting that it could only afford 1%.