Browsing: Daily UK lead

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has said the UK’s 2050 net zero target, a legally binding commitment established by a previous Conservative government, is “impossible.” Badenoch argued that achieving net zero by 2050 would necessitate “a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us,” but did not offer an alternative plan.

The UK government is set to announce significant welfare reforms today, aiming to reduce welfare spending by approximately £5 billion annually. These measures are part of an effort to address rising welfare costs, which are projected to surpass £100 billion by 2030.

Almost all the UK newspapers lead on the story, focusing on different angles from political turmoil within the party, to potentially pushing the poor into poverty.

Thursday’s front-page headlines continue to focus on the fallout from US President Donald Trump’s decision to pause US military aid to Ukraine as well as the recent decision to halt intelligence sharing with Kyiv.

The tabloids move focus away from Ukraine and instead report that illegal crossings of the English Channel, Tory concerns that a new law could see minorities getting softer sentences and the conviction of serial rapist Zhenhao Zou at a London court.

Liverpool’s win over PSG last night in the Champions League dominates the back pages.

PM Sir Keir Starmer’s meeting with Donald Trump dominates much of the UK’s news this Friday. The British Prime Minister met with the US president in what much of the media is dubbing a ‘White House summit’. To almost everyone’s surprise, the meeting appeared to go well, with a UK-US trade deal expected soon, the president backing the prime minister’s Chagos deal, and the president effectively ruling out a US backstop for Ukraine.