'Labour's secret tax rise dossier' and 'financial turmoil at IT giant'
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The Daily Mail says Labour has a "secret tax rise dossier" with plans to raise £60bn. Its front page also includes a picture at Ascot of Lady Gabriella Windsor, who lost her husband Thomas Kingston earlier this year.
The Daily Express's headline quotes Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as saying "Labour will tax your years of savings in weeks". Its front page includes an image of Lady Gabriella Windsor receiving a "big hug".
An eye-catching picture of a racegoer at Ascot wearing an elaborate headdress adorns the front page of the Daily Telegraph. The main headline reads "Britain 20 years behind Europe on cancer care" and, lower down, the paper reports "tax raid fear" as Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer "suggests savers are 'not working people'".
The Times also questions Mr Starmer's definition of "working people". It says that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson "shuns campaign trail as Tories face red wall decimation". Another headline is about a blood test that can "spot Parkinson's seven years early".
The UK is in "secret talks" over "financial turmoil" at its IT contractor Atos, the i paper reports, with a possible effect on benefits and the NHS. It features an image of sheep apparently turning away from Rishi Sunak as he tries to feed them under the headline "ewe turn if you want to".
The Guardian leads with Labour saying that the "NHS will buy beds in care homes to cut hospital waits". The front page includes an image of Rishi Sunak on a boat, titled "All at sea?". Lower down, the newspaper reports that UK children are "shorter and sicker due to poor diet".
Several puns make it to the front page of the Daily Mirror. The headline reads "you're going to need a bigger vote" alongside the same picture of Mr Sunak. It adds that the Tories are "adrift from reality" and, using the same pun as the Guardian, says that the PM is "all at sea".
"Post Office in 'criminal conspiracy'" reads the headline of the Metro quoting one of the independent forensic accountants the company hired. The story adds that the accountant, Ian Henderson, "felt there was a cover up" of the Post Office scandal, in which hundreds of postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly prosecuted.
The Financial Times looks beyond the election, saying "Tory hopefuls jockey for position as post-poll race to succeed Sunak looms". The paper also reports Nvidia has become more valuable than Apple and Microsoft.
The Daily Star focuses on the "rise of the bog snackers", stating that a "quarter of Gen Z admit eating as they sit on lav". The front page also promotes pullouts of Ascot, the Premier League and the Euros.
The Daily Telegraph says the Conservatives have "seized upon" comments by Sir Keir Starmer, external which appear to suggest his manifesto commitment to not increase taxes on working people only applied to those who don't have money set aside.
In a radio interview yesterday, Sir Keir described what he meant as working people - as those who earn a living, rely on public services and "don't really have the ability to write a cheque when they get in trouble".
Both the Daily Telegraph and the Times, external quote the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, as saying Labour's true plans have been let slip, "to raise taxes across the board".
The front page of the Daily Mail also leads on Labour and tax, saying the party has a "secret tax rise dossier", external. And the Daily Express carries a warning from Rishi Sunak that Labour will "plunder savers' accounts within weeks", external, if Sir Keir wins.
The Guardian's front page focuses on Labour's plan to buy beds in care homes, external, to cut hospital waiting times. It says the party will learn from the "great innovations" already happening in the health service.
The Financial Times looks beyond the election, saying Conservative leadership hopefuls are "courting" candidates, external and "building grassroots support" as they jostle to replace Rishi Sunak once the country has gone to the polls. One insider is quoted as saying "the shadow boxing has begun", as the paper says party figures expect Mr Sunak to give up his leadership - if the predicted Labour landslide occurs.
"Britain 20 years behind Europe on cancer care", external says the Daily Telegraph. New analysis, produced by Macmillan Cancer Support, says survival rates for some types of cancer in the UK is "stuck in the noughties" and trails decades behind countries such as Denmark and Norway.
The i says the government has held "secret talks" about financial problems at the French group Atos, external - described as one of the UK's main IT suppliers. Officials are concerned that if the firm's UK arm collapses, some public services could be disrupted such as NHS appointments. The extent of the problems facing Atos in the UK is unknown, says the paper, but the parent company said in April it was facing debts of more than three billion pounds. Last week it said it would go ahead with a financial restructuring plan.
The Daily Telegraph reports that the former justice secretary, Sir Robert Buckland, has called for an "amnesty", external for the more than 20,000 people who were given criminal convictions for breaking Covid rules. Sir Robert - who oversaw the courts during the pandemic - has said the slates should be "wiped clean" rather than risk people's career prospects with convictions handed out at an "exceptional time".
Sir Ian McKellen is in "good spirits" after falling off stage during a performance of Player Kings, a spokesperson said
Sir Ian McKellen's recovery after a fall off the stage earlier this week is featured in many of the papers. The 85-year-old lost his footing while performing in a fight scene during a performance of Player Kings in London. He's expected to return to the show tomorrow, with the Times, external, the Guardian, external and the Daily Mail, external all using variations of the phrase "the show must go on" in their headlines.
And the Sun says half of the Premier League trophy has been replaced, external after it was stolen. The paper says thieves in Belgium took a case containing the base and crown in late 2022, and it's believed the missing parts may have been melted down.
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