Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
Friday’s front pages cover ongoing discussions over the budget, with The Independent claiming young people are at risk of becoming the ‘lost generation’ and the Mirror reporting on the ‘fury over the budget’.
NHS plans to introduce e-cigarettes on prescription to combat smoking rates in England also make the front pages.
The Daily Mirror leads with fury over the budget, warning of mortgages soaring, high inflation and tax increases of more than £3,000 per year.
The Guardian’s front-page reports on the NHS’s plan to prescribe e-cigarettes to cut smoking rates in England.
The Daily Express also says e-cigarettes could soon be prescribed on the NHS to help smokers kick the habit.
The Sun reports football and Manchester United icon Cristiano Ronaldo’s girlfriend is expecting twins.
France’s seizure of a British trawler makes the front of Metro in what the paper describes as a “new post-Brexit trade war”.
Young people are facing becoming Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s ‘lost generation’ as they are left behind by Sunak’s Budget, according to the Independent.