PMâs call for calm and âprivate school VAT delayâ
As the anniversary of the 7 October attack approaches, Sir Keir Starmer has warned the conflict in the Middle East risks igniting âtouchpapers in our own communitiesâ, the Sunday Times reports. He has called on all parties to âact with restraint and return to political, not military, solutionsâ.
Labourâs plans to impose 20% VAT on private school fees may not proceed as planned on 1 January due to âwarnings from unions, tax experts and school leadersâ, the Observer declares. Numerous organisations within the education sector are calling for a delay until next September to give private schools more time to adapt and register for the new tax, the paper reports. Also featured is a photo of displaced Lebanese families crossing into Syria along the Beirut-Damascus highway, as they try to escape the spiralling violence in Lebanon.
Rachel Reevesâ plan for more borrowing in the Budget could spell âmortgage miseryâ, the Sunday Telegraph says. The paper reports that according to the Treasuryâs own analysis, the chancellorâs plans to overhaul fiscal rules could âincrease the cost of debtâ for consumers and businesses. The front also carries a photo of Itay and Hadar Berdichevsky, who were killed by Hamas as they protected their 10-month-old twins during the 7 October attacks last year.
British forces are on âfull alertâ after Argentina âvowed to recaptureâ the islands, is the Sunday Expressâ lead story. It come after sovereignty of the Chagos Islands was handed over to Mauritius by Britain earlier this week. It says a âcrack-teamâ of soldiers have been placed on 24/7 standby to intercept any attempts to âmake a grab for landâ by Buenos Aires.
Teenage boys could be investigated by anti-terrorism officers âif they make sexist comments in the classroomâ, according to the Mail on Sunday. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper wants such comments to be reported to the governmentâs Prevent programme, which was launched to tackle terrorism, the paper says. In a statement the Home Office denied the story, and said there were âno plansâ to change Prevent.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced plans to invest in a âgame-changingâ cancer test, which could detect the twelve most common types of the disease before symptoms begin to show, the Sunday Mirror reports.
And heralding the premature arrival of Halloween, the Daily Star reports that psychic Hannah Rose, 20, was attacked by a âyobbo haunted dollâ. Rose looks after a collection of such dolls and claims another doll, named Mildred, hides her things. Truly never a doll moment.
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