The incident at Heathrow on Sunday is leading the Metro’s front page. A three-year-old girl was among 21 people treated for injuries after men allegedly used what police believe was pepper spray during a suitcase robbery in a multi-storey car park at the airport. The paper says “flights were cancelled or delayed as armed police hunted suspected attackers” inside one of the airport terminals, causing train and Tube lines to suspend services.
Top economists tipping an interest rate cut in the US is the Financial Times’s lead story. It writes a majority of leading experts at the Chicago Booth Clark Center predict the federal reserve will lower borrowing costs by 25 basis points “in response to fears that the labour market is slowing and affordability pressures are mounting”.
The Independent leads with the probation watchdog saying the government should think “very, very carefully” about overhauling the justice system to allow “more criminals to be electronically tagged and punished in the community”. Probation Services Chief Inspector Martin Jones tells the paper the system is already in “perpetual crisis” and could be “set up to fail” under the new proposal.
“Bosses will be legally obliged to tell staff about their right to join a union” under a new “overhaul of workers’ rights”, the Times says in its top story. Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith tells the paper “it’ll be Christmas every day for trade unions if this proposal became law”, while a government source says “people have a right to join a trade union if they want to in their workplace”.
The Sun leads with a Home Office review of its decision to deny the Duke of Sussex “armed police protection on visits to the UK”. It writes “the U-turn could pave the way for a reunion between the King”, Prince Harry, and his children Archie and Lilibet.
The Daily Mail leads with a new survey showing “1 in 4 are confident they’d receive good treatment from the health service if diagnosed”. The paper writes “many Britons are living in fear they could be neglected in a failing hospital or care home.”
Emergency carers hired on a short-term basis do not fall under “regulatory oversight due to a legal anomaly”, the Express reports. It claims the “loophole” means “children needing urgent protection could be placed directly into the hands of predators”.
An NHS watchdog survey has found “one in seven people” has their GP referral “lost, rejected, or delayed”, the Guardian reports. The paper says the “referrals black hole” leads to many patients suffering “harm to their physical or mental health”. A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson says the outcomes are “not acceptable”, while noting “improvements have been made since the research was done in March”.
A campaign for Kevin Sinfield to be knighted leads the Daily Mirror after the rugby league star finished “seven ultramarathons in seven days”, raising £11.3m for motor neurone disease charities and research.
Angry Ginge was crowned king of the jungle, the Daily Star reports, revealing the winner of the reality TV series I’m a Celebrity… Get me out of here!
The Daily Telegraph reports on concerns of “free speech campaigners” who accuse the government of using “spurious safeguarding concerns” to “silence people with ‘patriotic views'”. It reports on some of the cases identified by the Free Speech Union (FSU), where it says “laws intended to keep children safe from harm from adults are being used to crack down on Right-wing views”.
The Daily Telegraph says the leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, has been reported to the police because of claims he broke rules on campaign spending. The paper says that Richard Everett, a former Reform councillor, who helped Farage win his seat in Clacton in Essex at the general election, submitted the documents to the police. They are said to show that Reform came close to the limit of just over £20,000. But Everett alleges the figure excludes some costs including leaflets, utility bills and the refurbishment of a bar in the campaign office. He says he believes Farage was “blissfully unaware” of the omissions, but the Telegraph says that if the claims are found to be accurate he and his election agent could be found personally liable. In response, Reform UK described Everett as a “disgruntled former councillor” and denied any laws had been broken.
The decision to strip the Duke of Sussex of the right to 24-hour armed police protection when he is visiting the UK from his home in America is to be reviewed by the Home Office, according to the Sun. The paper says it could mean a reunion for King Charles III with his grandchildren, Archie and Lilibet, who he hasn’t seen since 2022. Prince Harry has previously said it is not safe for his family to visit Britain without protection, which ceased when he stopped being a working royal in 2020.
The Guardian highlights figures from an NHS watchdog suggesting that one in seven patient hospital referrals in England get lost, rejected or delayed. The paper says Healthwatch England’s survey also found that the majority of those patients only discovered they weren’t on a waiting list after chasing the NHS themselves.
According to the Times’ lead, every workplace will be required to tell staff about their right to join a union as part of the government’s Employment Rights Bill. The paper says an approved statement will be given to workers in an effort to stop “hostile” employers from discouraging union membership. The Conservatives warn the plan will lead to a collapse of British productivity.
And many of the papers carry triumphant pictures of an emotional Lando Norris, after the British driver won his first Formula 1 Championship. The Telegraph says it proves “nice guys win too”. The back page headline in the i Paper is “Lando hope and glory”.
