The Independent says The Culture Secretary has complained that she cannot air her right wing views on social media without being challenged.
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The Daily Express says a new levy could see pensioners forking out National Insurance contributions well into retirement.
The Guardian says Another detail of Boris Johnson’s largely-free holiday to southern Spain last month has emerged after the prime minister declared £1,800 of hospitality from Heathrow.
The Guardian says MPs should still be allowed to work about 10 to 15 hours a week in second jobs as long as they are not offering political consultancy, a cabinet minister has said.
The Independent says Boris Johnson has insisted that Britain is not “remotely a corrupt country” amid continuing fallout over the conduct of some MPs.
The Guardian says Geoffrey Cox has earned at least £6m from his second job since he entered parliament and he skipped 12 recent votes on days when he was doing paid legal work.
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Daily Mirror says The resignation of former Tory minister Owen Paterson has thrown the issue of MPs’ incomes into the spotlight.
The Guardian says more than a quarter of Tory MPs have second jobs with firms whose activities range from gambling to private healthcare, making about £5m in extra earnings in a year.
The Guardian says MPs could be banned from having consultancy jobs like Owen Paterson’s under plans for a clampdown on sleaze being considered by the Commons.
BBC News says Labour sources have indicated the party will put up a candidate in the by-election prompted by Conservative MP Owen Paterson’s resignation.
The Independent says Boris Johnson’s government has completed a full U-turn on yesterday’s vote to set aside recommendations Owen Paterson be suspended over paid lobbying and subsequently set up a new sleaze system for parliament.
The Daily Express says NICOLA Sturgeon will make a bid to steal the limelight at COP26 today as she sets out the case for Scotland’s renewable energy industry.
The Guardian says Keir Starmer says Labour will boycott the commission set up to overhaul the parliamentary sleaze system, after MPs voted to protect the Conservative MP Owen Paterson from suspension over lobbying claims.
TRT World says Former police captain Eric Adams has easily won the race for New York mayor and Boston has elected its first woman and Asian American to the city’s top job.
The Mirror says Brakes need to be put on the rollout of smart motorways due to safety worries after a series of deadly crashes, MPs have said in a critical report.
Sunday, the United Nations Special Envoy to Sudan, Volker Perthes, wrote on social media confirming that he had met with Sudanese Prime Minister, Abdallah Hamdok, a while ago and that he is still under horse arrest.
The Daily Express says the deputy Labour leader, who has been off on bereavement leave, said that “in the future I will be more careful about how I do that and in the language that I choose.”
The Guardian says Boris Johnson is facing calls to enact “David’s law” to crack down on social media abuse of public figures and end online anonymity in the wake of the killing of Sir David Amess.
Daily Mirror says MPs are set to be offered more private security guards for their constituency events after the murder of Sir David Amess.
The Guardian says Boris Johnson will lead tributes to Sir David Amess in the House of Commons on Monday as debate rages about how drastically to step up security.
The Guardian says the UK government always intended to “ditch” the Northern Ireland protocol, Boris Johnson’s former adviser Dominic Cummings has claimed.
The Guardian says Rishi Sunak is to save billions of pounds by counting as aid financial assistance to poor countries.
The Guardian says the granddaughter of Benito Mussolini won the highest number of votes in elections for Rome’s city council as support for Brothers of Italy.
The Metro says Boris Johnson will announce a rise in the minimum wage to £9.42 an hour ‘within weeks’, it has been reported.
