i
Energy firms have forced entry into private homes to install expensive pre-payment meters – with only 72 out of 534,000 court applications having been refused by magistrates, the i writes.
The Guardian
The NHS is facing a day of massive disruption to its services next month when nurses and ambulance staff in England and Wales stage an unprecedented joint strike over pay – that’s on the front of The Guardian.
Daily Mail
Jeremy Hunt has been warned failure to cut taxes in the upcoming Budget will cost his party the next election, according to the Daily Mail.
Metro
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been likened to “feckless comedy character” Mr Bean after making a video to explain inflation using coffee cups in the Treasury canteen, Metro reports.
Daily Express
King Charles has given up a “huge windfall from an offshore wind farm deal” which he wants to be used for the “wider public good”, the Daily Express says.
The Sun
Gary Lineker laughed off the Match Of The Day “porn noise scandal” and said he took great pleasure filling his half-time analysis with “sex-filled innuendo”, The Sun claims.
The Times
The South East will be handed more regeneration money today than the North East, Yorkshire and the West Midlands – with red wall MPs accusing the government of “making a mockery” of levelling up, The Times reports.
Daily Mirror
A Tory MP has accused nurses using food banks of not budgeting properly, according to the Daily Mirror.
Daily Star
Downing Street has said we should ignore a “top food bod’s advice” to stop taking cakes to work to celebrate birthdays, reports the Daily Star, which has hinted it agrees with the government “for once”.
The Daily Telegraph
Sir James Dyson has warned the “short-sighted” and “stupid” economic approach of Rishi Sunak’s government is keeping Britain in a state of “COVID inertia”, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Financial Times
The dollar hit a seven-month low yesterday, reversing a trend that dominated much of 2022 as lower expectations of sharp Federal Reserve rate rises eased pressure on global markets, the Financial Times reports.
