The Guardian says The sacking came after “weeks of damaging headlines [that] undermined the prime minister’s attempts to restore government integrity”. 

The paper notes that Zahawi is the second cabinet minister to go within Sunak’s first three months in the job, adding that any hopes he may have of moving on could soon be scuppered by the conclusion of an internal inquiry into bullying allegations against his deputy, Dominic Raab.

The front page also reports on the recent killing of a young man in the US by five police officers as protesters demand justice.