‘Two thirds back assisted dying’ and ‘Putin ready to cripple Britain’
The upcoming vote on the euthanasia bill made the front pages of many newspapers.
this A poll reported by The Sunday Times showed nearly two-thirds of the public supported the policy. The study, which polled more than 17,000 people, said 65% supported it, 13% opposed it and 22% were undecided. The results also showed that those who had lost a parent in the past five years were more likely to strongly support euthanasia than those who had not lost a parent, the paper said.
this The Observer’s policy editor Michael Savage said all MPs were now “grabbing” how to vote on Friday. He wrote that some spoke of being “bombarded” with campaign materials from both sides of the debate and “being influenced by personal stories from friends, family and constituents.”
one Former Tory security minister Tom Tugendhat warns Britain must “stand firm” in the face of Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threatis the subject of the Sunday Express.
His comments came after the Russian president decided to update his nuclear strategy, which the newspaper said would make it easier for him to “push the button and trigger World War III.” Tugendhat said Putin was using threats to “scare us into not taking action” – threats that he said “have worked for too long.”
this The Observer reports Home Office officials admit they have completely “lost control” of the asylum processing center in Kent – This resulted in 18,000 people being unlawfully detained in 2022 in so-called “horrendous conditions”.
The newspaper said documents released by the High Court last week showed conditions at Manston Asylum were much worse than initially reported. Reports say the previous government had agreed to a “statutory inquiry” into matters at the centre, but Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has downgraded it to an “independent inquiry” which will not have sufficient powers to compel witnesses to attend.
one Watchdog investigates Nottinghamshire police chief’s conduct after three people were stabbed to death in Nottinghamshire in 2023is the subject of the Sunday Mirror.
The newspaper said the families of Ian Coates, Barnaby Webb and Grace O’Malley Kumar said they believed Kate Meynell had tried to “guzzle” the media. She will reportedly be investigated by the police watchdog for allegedly trying to prevent journalists from exposing knifeman Valdo Calocane, who was twice stalked by police reports. The newspaper said Nottinghamshire Police declined to comment.
this Parts of Buckingham Palace are about to undergo a 10-year, £369 million renovation, The Sunday Times reports. The newspaper said most of the palace’s “grandest” rooms will be closed – meaning all state visits until 2027 will take place at Windsor Castle.
The newspaper also revealed that the king is now using the Orleans Room where he was born in 1948, quoting a friend as saying he would enjoy “the symmetry of performing his duties as a monarch in the room where he was born”.
