“Doctors ‘hold patients to ransom’ with pay demand” reads the headline of the Daily Express, with resident doctors planning to walk out for five consecutive days from 25 July until 30 July in a dispute about pay. Prince George is pictured smiling on the front page ahead of his twelfth birthday tomorrow.
The Daily Mail has also lead on the planned strike, writing that the British Medical Association has built up a £1m “war chest”‘ to fund the campaign for resident doctors to get a pay rise of 29%.
The Water Commission is set to give its review of the industry on Monday morning, but the Metro warns that it will “fail to end a national scandal”. There has been public outcry over rising bills and an increase into sewage discharge into UK waterways.
The Guardian’s main story is about failings in NHS maternity care, writing that the health service is facing a potential bill of £27bn for negligence in England since 2019. The paper says the number of families taking legal action against the NHS for obstetrics errors in 2023 was double the number of those doing so in 2007. A woman is pictured on the front page mourning the death of her three-month-old baby in Gaza, amid reports that 85 people had died in aid queues on Sunday.
The Mirror says “We stand with Jess” after England defender Jess Carter was racially abused online following the Euros quarter final. FA chiefs called the slurs “disgusting” and said they were working with police to find those responsible.
Carter is also pictured front and centre of the Daily Telegraph. The paper’s main headline reads “Farage: I’ll build more jails to clean up the streets”, with the Reform leader set to make a speech on Monday that positions his party as “the toughest party on law and order that this country has ever seen”.
Lioness Jess Carter is also the feature image for the The Times, with the caption “Standing up to racism”. The paper’s top story states “Reeves set to defy left over call for wealth tax”. It reports Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to reject pressure to implement a tax on high-income earners. Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock has claimed that a 2% tax on assets worth more than £10m could bring in as much as £11bn, but cabinet ministers have pointed to other countries as evidence to their warning that wealth taxes do not work.
The battle between Apple and the Home Office is the lead story for the Financial Times. The FT states Downing Street is facing a “forced retreat” due to pressure from senior leaders in Washington. Earlier this year, Apple was ordered to grant access to secure customer data under the Investigatory Powers Act. The paper reports two senior officials as saying that forcing the tech giant to break its end-to-end encryption could impede technology partnerships with the US.
The i Paper warns that the “state pension age could rise once again”. A government review will look at whether to increase the pension age to 68 before the planned rollout date of 2046.
The Sun reports on “fears over Gazza dash to A&E”. The paper says football legend Paul Gascoigne was rushed into intensive care on Friday evening but that his condition is now “stable”.
“Footie now prescribed on the NHS!” reads the Daily Star, claiming that doctors are set to hand out tickets to football matches to patients suffering from depression.
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