Starmer sets out Labour’s plans ahead of election- Paper Talk
Most of Friday’s front pages cover domestic political news, with Sir Keir Starmer and Labour’s priorities if the party wins the next general election. The papers offer up a stark review on Starmer’s announcement about Labour’s plans early on if they are elected to No 10.
Several front pages feature images of the royal family.
Premier League action makes most of the back pages, as Man City keeper Edison has been ruled out of the Premier League final match (Sunday) due to a broken eye socket.
“Starmer lays cards on the table,” says the FT alongside a picture of Starmer holding aloft a pamphlet featuring his party’s new pledges.
The Guardian says Starmer has proved himself to be the prime minister in waiting. The paper says the launch of plans was a “stark display of how inevitable a Labour victory now seems.”
The Times’s political sketch writer, Tom Peck, calls them “baby steps for a PM who’ll learn to toddle before he runs.”
For the right-leaning papers, they have a different reaction to the news.
@itvpolitics Keir Starmer explains his first steps if he becomes prime minister #labour #politics @itvnews
The Daily Express reports that the Chancellor says taxes will go up under a Labour government.
The Daily Telegraph leads on a similar theme, saying Jeremy Hunt has accused Sir Keir of using “playground politics to disguise plans to hit families in the pocket.”
Away from Sir Keir, other domestic topics make the front pages.
The Daily Mail carries a warning from Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch who says she won’t allow a proposed takeover of the Royal Mail by the Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky unless certain services are protected.
The i newspaper reports UK water firms are “dumping sewage on their own doorstep.” The paper says Britain’s water companies now discharging so much sewage into the nation’s rivers – a 54% increase in 2023 – that they are unable to tackle major discharges just down the road from their own company headquarters.
The Daily Mirror speaks to the family whose tragic baby Teddy Houlston became Britain’s youngest-ever organ donor. The paper reports the family have welcomed a new sister for his surviving twin brother Noah ten years on.
The Metro looks ahead to a bumper weekend of sport as the Premier League season comes to a climax with Arsenal and Manchester City vying to be champions while UK boxer Tyson Fury gets set to take on Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk. Whoever wins Saturday’s undisputed heavyweight title fight in Saudi Arabia will be crowned the division’s first undisputed champion in the four-belt era and arguably the greatest heavyweight of a generation.