Benefits ‘backtrack’ and smacking ‘could be criminal’
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No story dominates Sunday’s newspaper. The Sunday Times reported that work and pension secretary Liz Kendall “expected to freeze some plans for disability benefits next year” following opposition from workforce MPs. Plans have been reportedly developed to eliminate the rise in inflation rates associated with individual independent payments in spring 2026. The newspaper also has large images of the Prince of Wales and Princess of Wales, who met injured rugby players between the Six Nations on Saturday.
Like many of Sunday’s papers, The Sunday Express has a photo of Princess Catherine on its homepage. Its leadership focuses on legal efforts to align the law with Scotland and Wales and has been banned. The paper said the move was “driven by horrible cases of recent child abuse by parents”.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting is preparing for “Axe More Health Quangos”. “The abolition of NHS England was the beginning, not the purpose,” the street gentleman wrote in the newspaper, focusing on “cutting the swollen bureaucracy.” Ukraine’s efforts to maintain peace after the war also became the front of the newspaper.
“A former spy chief submitted secret file No. 10 in a pandemic report, saying the virus originated from a leak at a Wuhan facility,” the email reported on Sunday.
EastEnders actress Jacqueline Jossa breaks up with her husband of eight years, Dan Osborne, according to Sunday’s sunny lead character.
Lindsay Sandiford, a 67-year-old drug trafficker from Teeside, has been trying to smuggle cocaine into jail in Indonesia in 2012, potentially under the country’s new political regime – and it is possible that she can release her.
“Silence Guns”, read the title in Sunday People’s title and reported on the results of a virtual meeting between world leaders aimed at ensuring peace in Ukraine.
Finally, Daily Star reported that “Boffins thinks taking a shower or shower will burn as many calories as exercising”.
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