“Starmer rocked by new Andy Burnham coup plot” is the Mail on Sunday’s top story, detailing the Manchester Labour mayor’s apparent “deal” to become an MP. Citing unnamed sources, the paper claims Burnham is close to striking “a deal to fight a by-election to return to the Commons and mount a leadership challenge” against Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
Relatives of Virginia Giuffre proclaim “justice has not been served” after the Metropolitan Police dropped an investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the Sun reports. The former prince was accused of asking his personal police officer to dig up information about Giuffre. Andrew has consistently denied all allegations against him.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting warns “Britain facing tsuanmi of flu”, writes the Sunday People in its top story. Hospital admissions are up 50% “with the worst to come”, the paper writes, quoting Streeting.
Hospital paediatric units are full due to a “spike in flu cases” across the UK, the Independent reports, leading to “children’s operations being cancelled”, including cardiac procedures. Overcrowded wards are “increasing the risk of medical emergencies”, the paper writes.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch will “ditch the 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars” if she defeats Labour at the next election, the Sunday Telegraph says. Writing for the paper, Badenoch calls the government’s electric vehicles quota an “economic act of self-harm”, as she vows to unwind the commitment. The paper says Downing Street has insisted it will press ahead with the ban.
The Sunday Express leads with its investigation into an alleged government scheme for “failed asylum seekers and foreign criminals to leave voluntarily”. According to the paper, “illegal migrants are getting help setting up businesses and are being handed accommodation, food, and travel assistance” on returning to their “home country”. A Home Office spokesperson says the claims are “untrue”, telling the paper: “This scheme ensures migrants return to their home country, settle and don’t re-enter the UK for a fraction of the price.”
“Home Sec to announce crackdown on violence against women”, writes the Sunday Mirror in its top story, declaring it a “national emergency”. The paper says offences “will be disclosed to new partners, all police forces will get specialist units, and squads will track down online predators”.
“Tens of thousands of people have followed the King’s advice to check their eligibility for cancer screening”, writes the Sunday Times on its front page. It follows, in the paper’s words, King Charles’s “heartfelt speech on Friday about his diagnosis”.
The Observer depicts the government’s social media debate on its front page as a Shakespearean dilemma: “to ban or not to ban”. Australia became the first country to impose a 16-year-old age limit on social media earlier this week and the UK government is now “split” over whether to pursue a similar measure.
“TV star Jeremy Clarkson reckons he has picked up a swathe of female admirers since he started hosting Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” according to the Daily Star. The paper calls it the “unlikeliest showbiz exclusive of the year”.
