Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
The Conservative leadership race continues to dominate the front pages – with Wednesday’s papers splashing on Rishi Sunak who is currently the front runner in the competition.
Sunak spoke to the Daily Telegraph saying he’ll run the economy “like Margaret Thatcher” and cut taxes responsibly if he wins.
Rishi Sunak remains the favourite for many papers, but the Guardian says there is also a sense of concerted effort to derail his chances – it comes after a day at Westminster the paper describes as “frenetic”.
The Daily Mail says the Tory right is behind Liz Truss with Jacob Rees-Moff attacking Rishi Sunak’s economic record.
He writes inside that, as chancellor, Sunak raised the tax burden to its highest level since the 1950s.
The Times and the Financial Times are two leading papers reporting on Nadine Dorries throwing her support behind Liz Truss and accusing the Sunak team of using dirty tricks by loaning votes to Jeremy Hunt.
The i says cabinet favourites to be the next PM are being shunned by Tory Party members, who say it prefers “relative outsiders Penny Mordaunt or Kemi Badenoch”. Both have polled very well in a survey for the Conservative Home website, though The i concedes they may struggle to get the backing of enough MPs.
Away from Westminster, the Daily Mirror leads with an investigation that has unearthed tonnes of recycled waste from this country illegally dumped in Turkey. The paper says plastic is ending up on tips there before being offloaded to criminal gangs who fly-tip it and set it on fire. In an editorial, the paper says that “dumping rubbish in Turkey is the colonial economics of a country disgracefully passing the buck”.
The BBC has been criticised for “further enriching some of its biggest stars” with pay rises of up to £110,000, according to the Times. The paper says six of the 10 best-paid presenters were given increases despite “the corporation’s claims that it exercising restraint.”
Both the Express and the Star question the salaries. The star says Match of the Day’s “footie waffler” Gary Lineker gets £1.35m for “doing a job” its readers could do “standing on their heads.”