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The Daily Express reports Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been urged to cut £20bn off the collective tax bill in light of an improvement in economic forecasts.

The Daily Mirror says the Royal College of Nursing union boss, Pat Cullen, has said a collapse in nursing recruitment is putting the future of the NHS at risk and will cause patient safety to suffer too.

The Sun leads with radio DJ Steve Wright who died on Monday at the age of 69. It reports that he “died of a broken heart” after the BBC sacked him from a long-running show, his friends said.

The Independent leads on Labour’s internal turmoil as an ex-MP is ‘caught on tape’ saying Britons who fight for Israel should be locked up. The paper notes that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer spent the day defending what it calls a shambolic delay in ditching the Rochdale candidate accused of spouting Israeli conspiracy theories.

The Guardian reports Labour has suspended a second parliamentary candidate over his remarks about Israel, with Sir Keir Starmer struggling to contain the fallout from the leak of a private meeting of his party’s activists.

The Metro says Prince Harry has been accused of “kicking his father while he’s down” after launching a website with Meghan complete with royal titles and crests. Elsewhere, the front page pays tribute to Radio DJ Steve Wright who died aged 69. His BBC career lasted more than four decades.

The Daily Express reports Tory MP Tobias Ellwood has been branded a “war criminal” by pro-Palestinian demonstrators. The paper says the “sinister targeting” of Tory MP Tobias Ellwood by a “pro-Palestinian mob” at his family home has been condemned as “chilling” by Alicia Kearns MP, head of the Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

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The Daily Mirror says a takeaway boss was the mastermind behind the armed robbery that led to PC Sharon Beshenivksy being shot dead. The paper reports that Piran Ditta Khan, 75, who went to Pakistan after the killing, “sat in a car nearby as a gang carried out the raid on a travel agent, jurors were told”.

The Independent says David Cameron has cautioned Israel against the looming ground invasion saying there is nowhere for civilians to go. Foreign Secretary Cameron said that there must be an immediate pause in the fighting so aid can be delivered.