The Daily Express says consumer groups have warned that price hikes could force some families to choose “between heating or eating”.
Browsing: UK Papers
Every day, we break down the UK papers to give you the front page news, top stories and the angle the newspaper is reporting from. We cover right and left papers, the tabloids and broadsheets, the back pages, the Sunday papers and the business pages.
The Sun pays tribute to Only Fools and Horses actor John Challis and England football legend Jimmy Greaves on its front page.
The Guardian writes that Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng will hold an emergency meeting with gas industry chiefs on Monday morning.
The Financial Times reports that the UK’s largest energy suppliers are requesting a multibillion-pound emergency support package from the government.
The Daily Mirror pays tribute to “one of England’s greatest strikers”, Jimmy Greaves, who died on Sunday aged 81.
Metro writes that a Cabinet minister has insisted there is no need to panic as an energy crisis sends gas and electricity bills soaring.
The i reports that leading energy firms are pushing for the price cap on bills to be scrapped or increased if they are forced to take on households that have been stranded without a supplier.
The Sunday papers cover the ongoing backlash to the Aukus pact, with the Telegraph saying Liz Truss has “waded into a major diplomatic row”.
The Guardian says the UK and US are battling to contain an “international backlash” over their pact, amid concerns the alliance could provoke China and prompt conflict in the Pacific.
BBC Sport presenter Gavin Ramjaun has spoken of his “disgust” after Twitter said a user who posted a racist comment directed against him had not violated its rules.
The Daily Express expects ministers to scrap green and amber lists for British travellers in favour of one “no-go” category for the world’s worst-hit COVID hotspots.
The government is set to approve genetic engineering in UK farming, according to the I, in what the paper calls Britain’s biggest divergence from European laws since leaving the EU.
“Johnson sacks blundering cabinet allies” is the headline in the i newspaper, which says Mr Raab was “angry” and refused to accept his demotion until he was given deputy PM title.
The Guardian suggests that PM Boris Johnson is laying “the groundwork for the next general election”. The paper looks at what it calls the “surprise” appointment of Nadine Dorries.
The Sun claims Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo has moved out of his house after being kept awake by sheep. It quotes: “The sheep were very noisy early in the morning.”
The Daily Mirror focuses on climate change. “If we don’t act now this is our future” the headline reads, alongside an artist’s impression of how climate change may affect York.
The Daily Mail says PM Boris Johnson “stamped his authority” on the cabinet with a “brutal” reshuffle, which the paper says was designed to get him a second term in power.
“A Covid winter warner” says Metro, which says the PM revealed a “light-touch Plan A” and a “tougher Plan B” to tackle the virus.
The i claims the PM’s plan B to prevent a new lockdown includes the possible return of classroom bubbles to keep schools open.
The Guardian focuses on a warning from advisers that up to 7,000 people a day could be hospitalised with Covid in England next month.
“Plan for the worst” is the headline in the Daily Mirror, which says the nation “is bracing for another grim winter”.
The prime minister has paved the way for new coronavirus restrictions this winter, according to the Daily Mail.
The Daily Express leads on quotes from Mr Johnson urging the nation to be “sensible and responsible” to stop a Covid resurgence.
The Metro says the decision to offer the vaccine to more children will make 3.2 million more youngsters eligible for the jab.
The move to begin offering vaccines to 12 to 15-year-olds next week is the focus for the i, which will stop school closures.
