Amid rumors of a possible challenge to the prime minister’s leadership from within the Conservative Party, front pages of multiple papers continue to focus on this issue. Rishi Sunak urges MPs to “stick with him,” telling backbenchers that the economy is turning a corner and that 2024 will be the year the UK “bounces back,” according to The Daily Telegraph. Meanwhile, the Daily Mail reports that Sunak’s allies are “furious” that Penny Mordaunt failed to distance herself from recent reports that she is being lined up as a “unity candidate.”
Esther McVey, a cabinet minister, has criticized these “leadership ambitions” saying that plotting to topple the prime minister is “self-indulgence,” as per The Daily Express. The Times, on the other hand, reports that the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, defaced her own ballot paper by adding in her late husband’s name at a protest in Germany against the re-election of Vladimir Putin as Russian President.
Furthermore, an NHS ombudsman warned that hospitals are burying evidence about poor care in a “cover-up culture” that leads to avoidable deaths and families being denied the truth about their loved ones, according to The Guardian. The Daily Mirror reports that there will be a protest at Parliament today about the crisis in the sector, which has left patients taking out their teeth with pliers or screwdrivers. The paper says more than 200,000 people have signed its petition for better dental care.
Finally, The Sun’s front page reports that the Princess of Wales was spotted out and about at a farm shop in Windsor over the weekend, dispelling social media rumors about her health
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