The Sun says BORIS Johnson has hinted hard-up Brits could get more cash to help with the cost of living crisis – but issued a “severe” warning that mortgages will rise.
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The Independent says Party leaders are due to visit key battlegrounds today on the last day of political campaigning before voters go to the polls for the local elections on Thursday.
The Guardian says Boris Johnson’s fumbled defence of the government’s record on the cost of living has exasperated Conservative MPs and sharpened fears about the party’s performance in Thursday’s local elections.
The Sun says SUSANNA Reid skewered Boris Johnson over Britain’s cost of living hell today and blasted: “You’re not doing enough for people.”
The Guardian says the UK home secretary, Priti Patel, is facing mass legal action over delays that have left thousands of Ukrainians at risk of trauma and Russian bombs, or in limbo in eastern Europe.
The Metro says Boris Johnson is set to hail Ukraine’s ‘finest hour’ when he addresses the country’s Parliament tomorrow.
The Metro says a Conservative MP who allegedly watched pornography on his phone in the Commons should be expelled from the party, a minister has said.
The Independent says a Conservative MP who watched allegedly pornography on his phone in the House of Commons has been reported to a parliamentary watchdog.
BBC News says an independent investigation could be launched into claims a Tory MP watched porn on his phone while in the Commons.
BBC News says the editor of the Mail on Sunday has declined an invitation to meet with the Speaker of the House of Commons over a controversial article about Labour’s deputy leader Angela Raynor.
Daily Mirror says Angela Rayner today spoke out over “disgusting” claims she uncrosses her legs to distract Boris Johnson – from Tory MPs who think “I must be thick”.
The Guardian says cabinet ministers have been ordered to come up with new “non-fiscal” ways to combat the cost of living.
Sky News says the Speaker of the House of Commons has summoned the editor of a national newspaper for a meeting after an article about Angela Rayner.
Daily Mirror says Sue Gray’s report into lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street is so damaging that it could leave Boris Johnson with no choice but to resign, senior officials are said to believe.
The Independent says Boris Johnson will be forced to resign once the “damning” findings of Sue Gray’s review of lockdown-breaching parties in Whitehall are revealed, according to a report.
The Guardian says the Labour party has vowed to abolish the “non-dom” tax loophole used by the chancellor Rishi Sunak’s wife to save paying up to £20m in UK tax.
The Independent says claims that Conservative MPs have accused Angela Rayner of deliberately distracting Boris Johnson by crossing and uncrossing her legs in the Commons are “ludicrous”, the party chair says.
The Guardian says Angela Rayner has hit out at “sexism and misogyny” in politics, as a storm of criticism erupted after a vile report from the Mail on Sunday.
Sky News says Angela Rayner has condemned a “sexist” and “misogynistic” Mail on Sunday article which claimed Tory MPs have accused her of a ‘Basic Instinct’ ploy to distract Boris Johnson.
BBC News says politicians have condemned a suggestion made in a newspaper that Labour’s Angela Rayner tries to distract Boris Johnson in the Commons by crossing and uncrossing her legs.
The Independent says Boris Johnson was told “the gig’s up” by a senior Tory as he faced the prospect of a parliamentary investigation into whether he lied to MPs about Downing Street parties during coronavirus lockdowns.
Euronews says British MPs have decided to open an investigation targeting Boris Johnson over the so-called “partygate” scandal.
The Sun says BORIS Johnson last night doubled down on his attack on the Archbishop of Canterbury saying his Rwanda policy was “morally right.”
The Mirror says Boris Johnson has opened the door to an offer on immigration to secure a trade deal with India.
The Guardian says Boris Johnson has been forced to abandon efforts to block an inquiry into whether he misled MPs over Partygate lockdown breaches.
