NHS ‘repair costs triple’ and ‘support’ for VAT on school fees
Reporting on a “decade-long failure” in hospitals across England to tackle emergency repairs, the Observer headlined “NHS emergency repair costs triple in ten years, putting patients at risk”. The cost of dealing with the backlog has almost tripled since 2015 to £2.7bn, it wrote. Elsewhere, mist and a hint of sunshine in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, are the dominant images on the front page. The newspaper’s second report focused on the backlash Labor is facing over its proposal to build a new generation of 41 waste incinerators to burn household and business waste.
The Sunday Times reports that middle class support for VAT on private school fees comes just days before the education secretary first falsely reported a 20 per cent surcharge. Bridget Phillipson said she would represent “aggressive middle-class parents” who are already reluctant to send their children to private schools because of high tuition fees. Elsewhere, Baroness Charlotte Owen, the youngest ever life peer when she was appointed and a former aide to Boris Johnson, is moving forward by introducing a bill to the House of Lords Private Member’s Bill to fight deepfake porn.
The Sunday Telegraph is also focusing on the financial plight of middle-class families, with a headline saying they will face an £8,000 increase in their overall tax bill by 2025, according to analysis by the newspaper. The Institute for Fiscal Studies also warned that tax burdens would rise to “levels we have never seen before in this country,” the report reads. The main figure in the newspaper was that of historian and TV presenter Lucy Worsley, who told the paper she was angry that the murder of women was being glorified as entertainment. A second story in the broadsheet reports that the first drug to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease is being studied for use on the NHS.
The Mail on Sunday has taken up the “feud” between Kemi Badenock and Nigel Farage as its theme, claiming that British news channels are giving too much air time to Britain’s reformist leader. Previously, Conservative leader Badenoch accused Farage of “falsifying” the number of members of the Reform Party, after the party said that the number of registered members of the Reform Party had exceeded that of the Conservative Party. Farage demanded an apology from Badenock. The newspaper added that David and Victoria’s third son, Cruz Beckham, was mocked for saying “Jesus was a Nebo baby too”.
The Sunday Express first announced that Britain had announced a grant of £4.5 million to help prosecutors track down soldiers who committed Russian war crimes in Ukraine. The funds will be used to help Kyiv document, investigate and prosecute.
The Sunday People reports on former Coronation Street star Charlie Lawson’s autobiography, in which the man who played Jim McDonough for more than three decades admitted taking drugs and spending “crazy nights” with Katie Price “.
The Sunday Mirror features the touching story of a bereaved mother who meets the little girl who wins her daughter’s heart. “It’s so special,” Amy Anderson said of her late daughter Mia’s heart continuing to beat in five-year-old Grace Westwood.
The Sun reported on Sunday that a New Apprentice contestant was spotted with a half-naked rival in her hotel room during filming. A source told the newspaper that this violated the “no touching” rule set by the show’s producers.
A menacing refrigerator appears on the cover of The Sunday Star in an apocalyptic scene. The tabloid writes that if smart refrigerators start “talking” to each other, they could lead to robots taking over the world. It quoted a data firm saying “everyday objects” were in danger of spiraling out of control.
