The front pages of Saturday’s newspapers all feature different stories. The Daily Express leads with a story on the Royal Family. According to the article, Queen Camilla is ready to take on more royal duties as King Charles and Catherine, Princess of Wales recover from recent health issues. The Queen will lead the Royal Family at Monday’s Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey, and has been praised for her sense of duty.
The i’s headline focuses on the results of a poll conducted after Wednesday’s Budget. The survey indicates that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s announcements are supported by 20% of the public but opposed by 39%. The paper reports that support for Reform UK is at a “new high,” with Labour on course for a “landslide” in the general election. Below the splash, there is a teaser about a story on a woman who spends £55,000 a year on her 31 dogs.
The Guardian leads with an exclusive health story, reporting that private hospitals are doing one in 10 of all planned NHS operations. The NHS in England outsourced 10% of elective procedures such as hip replacements to private operators for the first time during 2023, according to figures seen by the paper. Campaigners are warning that more of the NHS’ services are being “cannibalised” after years of underinvestment.
The Daily Telegraph covers a story on Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf, who has been accused of a “conflict of interest after overriding officials to give £250,000 to a Gaza aid agency while his family was trapped in the warzone”. Yousaf rejected advice on giving a donation worth £100,000 to £200,000 to Unicef, instead choosing to donate £250,000. He denies that the donation was in any way connected to the release of his family.
Other newspapers cover topics such as an International Women’s Day event attended by the Duchess of Sussex, a campaign for further funding for the Armed Forces launched by the Daily Mail, a lack of faith in the justice system by families of students fatally stabbed in Nottingham last summer, and a diet promising to “blast belly fat” covered by the Daily Star. The Sun reports on a Lotto winner who has reportedly kicked out her husband for squandering millions
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