Daily Express
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has vowed cutting 4,000 pieces of red tape from Brussels will speed up an economic recovery and “improve people’s everyday lives”, the Daily Express reports.
Daily Mail
A rapist policeman could keep his entire state-funded pension because he committed his “appalling crimes while off duty”, the Daily Mail reports.
Daily Mirror
Agency staff are being offered £40 an hour to break the picket line during the nurses strike in a move that has “sparked fury”, the Daily Mirror reports.
The Sun
Match Of The Day presenter Gary Lineker was pranked with the sound of a porn movie during last night’s FA Cup coverage, The Sun reports.
The Times
The Food Standards Agency has said bringing cake into the office should be seen as harmful to your colleagues in the same way as passive smoking, The Times reports.
The Daily Telegraph
The equalities minister will write to all Tory MPs and insist that a ban on trans conversion therapy must not criminalise parents, The Daily Telegraph reports.
The Guardian
The Metropolitan Police and the government are coming under pressure to punish officers who allowed a serial rapist to be “shielded from the sack” despite multiple warnings of his abuse, The Guardian reports.
i
Business Secretary Grant Shapps has said he is “very concerned” about energy firms being granted the right to forcibly install prepay meters that can leave families without power, i reports.
Daily Star
US President Joe Biden has covered up hundreds of UFO sightings, according to a “totally sane congressman from Tennessee”, the Daily Star reports.
Metro
Britain’s biggest day of strikes for a generation will bring the country to a standstill on 1 February as rail workers, university lecturers, teachers and civil servants all head to picket lines, the Metro reports.
Financial Times
Business leaders and top government officials have expressed optimism for the global economy as China drops COVID controls, the US launches a green investment boom, and western Europe adjusts to Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Financial Times reports.
