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The Independent says Britain is heading for its biggest fall in living standards since the 1950s this year, despite a mini-Budget in which chancellor Rishi Sunak slashed £330 off national insurance.

The Independent says it would be “beyond comprehension” for football’s ruling authorities to award Russia the right to host the Euro 2028 tournament, Boris Johnson has said.

BBC News says Chancellor Rishi Sunak has set out measures aimed at combating soaring energy, food and fuel prices, in his Spring Statement – resisting calls to scrap April’s National Insurance hike.

Rishi Sunak has delivered his spring statement mini-budget speech in the Commons and announced some important points – Here’s what you need to know. 

The Independent says US president Joe Biden’s approval ratings have plunged to a new low this week, mirroring the ratings received by his predecessor Donald Trump.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who returned to Britain after being jailed for six years in an Iran detention (only to be freed once the UK had settled in £400m debt with Iran) has faced online abuse.

The Guardian says Boris Johnson is “desperate” to go to Ukraine and has a “real emotional connection” with the Ukrainian people, the Tory party chair has claimed.

The Metro says police say they are now interviewing witnesses as part of the investigation into alleged lockdown busting parties at Downing Street.

Sky News says veteran MP Sir David Amess was killed in a “vicious and frenzied attack” by a “fanatical terrorist” who had previously targeted Michael Gove, a court has heard.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her husband Richard spent almost an hour answering questions from the media following her release from Iranian custody.

The Independent says Donald Trump has promised supporters that he will return to the White House in 2024 during a speech in Florida on Saturday.

Yasrab Shah, the director of fundraising for Muslim Hands and Robina Qureshi, boss of Positive Action In Housing charity in Glasgow speak to Yvonne Ridley over the Ukrainian refugee crisis in this weeks In Conversation.

The Guardian says plans to cap MPs’ earnings from second jobs have been dropped months after the issue provoked a sleaze scandal.

PMQs Live – Deputy PM Dominic Raab to face Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner

The Independent says Boris Johnson has said negotiations with Iran to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe are “going right up to the wire”.

The Independent says Liz Truss has attempted to defend Britain’s ties with Saudi Arabia ahead of Boris Johnson’s imminent visit.

BBC News says Boris Johnson will meet leaders in Saudi Arabia later as he tries to build an “international coalition” against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Independent says PM urged to scrap plans for a post-Brexit trade accord with Saudi Arabia amid concern about mass executions.

BBC News says Boris Johnson has said the West made a “terrible mistake” and let Vladimir Putin “get away” with annexing Crimea in 2014.

The Independent says the Partygate threat to Boris Johnson’s position has receded after Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross withdraw his demand for the prime minister to resign.

The Guardian says Rishi Sunak will take some limited action to tackle the cost of living crisis in this month’s spring statement but will reject calls to beef up his much-criticised energy bill reduction scheme.

The Independent says Former Commons speaker John Bercow has been suspended from the Labour Party after a highly critical independent inquiry branded him a “serial bully”.

The Guardian says The former House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has been found to be a “serial bully” and liar by an independent inquiry.

BBC News says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address British MPs on Tuesday via video link.

The Guardian says TikTok restricts service in Russia and Netflix stops streaming – as western companies continue to pull out of the country.