Spoiler alert: Winner of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! revealed in Monday’s article review.
Sunday’s incident at Heathrow makes the front page of the Metro. A three-year-old girl was among 21 people treated for injuries after men allegedly used what police believe was pepper spray during the theft of a suitcase from a multi-storey airport car park. The newspaper says that “flights were canceled or delayed as armed police pursued the suspected attackers” inside one of the airport terminals, leading to the suspension of train and subway line services.
Top economists hinting at a US interest rate cut is the Financial Times’ lead article. He writes that most of the top experts at the Booth Clark Center in Chicago predict that the federal reserve will reduce borrowing costs by 25 basis points “in response to fears that the labor market is slowing and affordability pressures are increasing.”
The Independent leads with the probation watchdog saying the government should think “very, very carefully” about reforming the justice system to allow “more criminals to be tagged and punished electronically in the community”. Probation services chief inspector Martin Jones tells the newspaper the system is already in “perpetual crisis” and could be “set up to fail” under the new proposal.
“Employers will be legally required to inform staff of their right to join a union” under a new “overhaul of workers’ rights,” the Times says in its lead article. Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith tells the newspaper that “it will be Christmas every day for unions if this proposal becomes law”, while a Government source says that “people have the right to join a union if they wish in their workplace”.
The Sun presents a Home Office review of its decision to deny the Duke of Sussex “armed police protection on his visits to the UK”. He writes that “the U-turn could pave the way for a meeting between the King,” Prince Harry and his children Archie and Lilibet.
The Daily Mail publishes a new survey showing that “1 in 4 people are confident they will be treated well by the health service if they are diagnosed.” The newspaper writes that “many Britons live in fear of being abandoned in a hospital or nursing home in poor conditions.”
Emergency caregivers hired on a short-term basis are not subject to “regulatory oversight due to a legal anomaly,” the Express reports. It claims the “loophole” means “children in urgent need of protection could be put directly into the hands of predators.”
A survey by the NHS watchdog has found that “one in seven people” have had their GP referral “lost, rejected or delayed”, The Guardian reports. The document states that the “black hole of referrals” causes many patients to suffer “damage to their physical or mental health.” A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care says the results are “not acceptable”, although it notes that “improvements have been made since the investigation was carried out in March”.
A campaign for Kevin Sinfield to be knighted is leading the Daily Mirror after the rugby league star finished “seven ultramarathons in seven days”, raising £11.3million for charities and research into motor neurone diseases.
Angry Ginge was crowned King of the Jungle, the Daily Star reports, revealing the winner of the reality show I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
The Daily Telegraph reports on concerns from “free speech advocates” who accuse the government of using “false safeguarding concerns” to “silence people with ‘patriotic views'”. It reports on some of the cases identified by the Free Speech Union (FSU), where it says that “laws intended to keep children safe from harm from adults are being used to suppress right-wing views.”
