PM speech to warn that ‘things will only get worse’
Some Sunday papers lead with warnings that Britain will have to endure rising fuel payments and stricter economic measures in the coming months, ahead of a speech the prime minster will deliver on Tuesday. The Observer says the PM will claim problems left by the previous government means social and economic improvement “won’t happen overnight”.
A key point in Starmer’s forthcoming speech will be “things will get worse before they get better,” according to The Telegraph, who says the PM is laying the ground for tax rises and spending cuts. Its front page also carries a photo of Hannah Lynch, 18, who died while holidaying on a yacht that sank off the coast off Sicily, along with her tech tycoon father Mike Lynch and five other people.
Labour has been accused over rushing plans to release prisoners early, before adequate measures have been put in place to protect the public, The Sunday Express reports. The front page teases stories about Madonna’s 66th birthday party, and includes the same photo of Hannah Lynch as the Telegraph.
A picture of Leah Croucher, the 19 year-old murdered by a convicted sex-offender leads the Sunday People. The paper reports her parents calling for a review of the probation system and for greater supervision of criminals.
The Sunday Mirror leads with a story about the health of former England football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, following a terminal cancer diagnosis – it says he spends his days watching his beloved football and reading. Separately, the front page reports on Jermaine Jenas, who was recently sacked from the BBC for sending inappropriate messages to two colleagues.
The Mail in Sunday reports that the National Portrait Gallery intends to buy a photo of Prince Andrew taken on the day of his interview with Emily Maitlis. It also reports on TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp and a media row over her 15-year-old son travelling around Europe with a friend.
More from The Sun on Jermaine Jenas, who tells the paper that BBC chiefs reportedly stopped him from apologising to female colleagues after texting them with inappropriate messages.
Former Conservative MP Will Wragg has spoken to The Sunday Times about how being targeted by a honeytrap scam via a dating app cost him his career. Separately, Labour’s biggest donor, who gave £500,000 to the party has been given a “pass” to Downing Street, the paper reports.
And finally The Daily Star Sunday reports that Psychic Sally’s crystal ball must have been gathering dust as she was shocked to be asked on a date at her husband John’s funeral.