Major British newspapers have been reporting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement in the run-up to its release this week. The Sunday Times suggests that Hunt is planning a “surprise” cut in income tax, six months earlier than initially anticipated, due to improved public finances. Other papers have reported on the tax cut too, but The Observer has suggested that Hunt could face a backlash from Tory MPs, representing poorer constituencies, who may consider it to be a budget that favours the rich. The Sunday Mirror has taken a critical stance on the government’s use of public funds since the last election. It accuses the government of wasting £100bn, or “£1,500 blown for every person in the UK”. Furthermore, the paper alleges that much of this waste occurred during Rishi Sunak’s time as chancellor under Boris Johnson.
Several newspapers have reported on a range of other topics too. The Sunday Express has highlighted concerns over six suspected terrorists, who it claims have entered the UK on a small boat that crossed the English Channel. The Mail on Sunday has reported on the convoluted deportation hearings of Somalian Yaqub Ahmed, who was convicted and jailed for his part in a gang rape. He has faced at least 24 tribunal or court hearings. The paper also offers its readers a six-page dossier on the “asylum farce”.
The Sunday Telegraph has suggested that Sunak will move Home Office officials to Rwanda to work on press ahead with plans to send some asylum seekers there. The Sunday Times carried a story covering Nigel Farage’s mud-covered entrance to “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!”, as has The Sun on Sunday. However, the latter has also trawled through social media to find “sick jokes” made by The Guardian’s Grace Dent about Farage when he was injured in a 2010 plane crash. Meanwhile, The Sunday People has reported on a berry that could boost weight loss and signal the end to beer bellies whilst also warning of pesticides being used in hotels to kill bed bugs.
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