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A report commissioned by the Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, will claim this week that the UK was hit harder by the pandemic than other developed countries due to the “serious weakening” of the NHS by Conservative government policies over the past decade, according to The Observer. Meanwhile, The Sunday Express warns that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer could face his first significant rebellion this week over planned reductions in winter fuel payments. The paper quotes Labour MPs as calling the move, which would restrict the payment to people on low incomes receiving certain benefits, “brutal” and “shameful.” Hockey gold medallist Sam Quek is pictured getting ready to dance on Strictly Come Dancing in a blue dress in the same article.
The Sunday People’s headline reads “Tax the rich to fund winter fuel.” Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham told the BBC, “Why are Labour picking the pockets of pensioners on the winter fuel payments instead of making those with the broadest shoulders actually pay?” Inheritance tax and capital gains tax increases are among the options the Treasury is considering, according to The Mail on Sunday. The paper warns that if Prime Minister Boris Johnson goes ahead with tax rises in next month’s Budget, he risks putting the country on the “path to destitution.” The paper also reports that a record number of high earners who contribute the largest part of the Treasury’s revenue are preparing to “flee the country.”
The Sunday Times reports that Great Ormond Street Hospital is urgently reviewing the cases of 721 children who were treated by the same surgeon after patients were left with life-changing injuries. Sir Alan Bates, a campaigner for the Post Office, is pictured getting married to partner Suzanne Sercombe in a ceremony officiated by Sir Richard Branson on the Caribbean island of Necker. The Sunday Mirror writes that brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher are reportedly in discussions to take their reunion tour to the United States, Mexico, and Argentina after selling out 17 dates in the UK and Ireland.
Finally, The Sunday Telegraph reports that a report by a British lawyer found BBC coverage to be “heavily biased” against Israel and to have “breached its own editorial guidelines more than 1,500 times” during the Israel-Gaza War. The report examined four months of coverage starting on October 7, 2023. The BBC responded by stating that it had “serious questions” about the report’s methodology, which relied heavily on AI to analyze impartiality and interpret BBC guidelines, but added that its correspondents report with due impartiality. A Daily Star poll found that men with large noses are most likely to shirk their bar rounds, with Pinocchio adorning the front page
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