The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph reports that Rishi Sunak has urged Oxford students to engage with a feminist speaker even if they disagree with her views on trans rights, saying that a “free society requires free debate”.
The Times
Ministers are on course for a legal battle over whether former prime minister Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages should be released as part of the inquiry into the government’s COVID-19 inquiry, The Times reports.
Daily Express
The Daily Express reports that high street banks are facing demands to increase interest rates for savers – with some as low as 0.1 per cent.
The Guardian
Labour is planning to hand sweeping powers to local councils allowing them to buy land cheaply if it wins the next election, The Guardian reports.
It is part of the party’s plan to tackle the UK’s housing crisis, the paper adds.
Daily Mirror
A mother whose 10-year-old son was mauled to death by an XL Bully dog has called for a change in the law, the Daily Mirror reports.
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail reports that Labour is under pressure to return a £1.5million donation from a key funder of the environmental group Just Stop Oil.
i
The government is launching a new crackdown on waste, with the aim to reduce the quantity of non-recyclable items contaminating recycling, reports the i newspaper.
Daily Star
The Daily Star reports that having a pint topped up to reduce the head is the wrong way to drink beer.
The paper quotes a beer historian, who claims that a foamy pint is better for your stomach.
Financial Times
Labour is planning reforms to the UK’s land valuation system in a bid to ease the country’s housing crisis, reports the Financial Times.
Metro
The Metro covers comments made by TV presenter Eamonn Holmes in the wake of the controversy surrounding This Morning star Phillip Schofield.
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