Monday’s UK newspaper front pages: 29 April 2024

Daily Express

Dame Esther Rantzen has told the Daily Express she is “fighting for my family and lots of others” ahead of a debate in parliament on assisted dying.

The journalist and campaigner, who has stage four lung cancer, is campaigning for people who have physical illnesses, and a life expectancy of six months or less, to have the right to choose when they die.

The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph reports that the government has accused the EU of double standards over its policies on migrants after Ireland promised to send asylum seekers who cross the border from Northern Ireland back to the UK.

Daily Mirror

“Time is up, Mr Sunak,” is the headline on the front page of the Daily Mirror, as the paper reports on Rishi Sunak’s interview with Sky News in which the prime minister refused to rule out the possibility of a general election five times.

Daily Mail

The Daily Mail reports that tens of thousands of foreign nationals allowed into the UK on time-limited visas are lodging asylum claims to stay permanently. 

The Times

Regular benefit payments for a swathe of mental health issues could be stopped and replaced with support schemes such as talking therapies and social care packages, The Times reports.

The Guardian

The Guardian reports that the Home Office is planning to launch a major operation to detain asylum seekers across the UK from Monday, in preparation for their deportation to Rwanda.

The Sun

The mother of Gogglebox star George Gilbey, who was found dead at his Essex home in March, has told The Sun newspaper she spoke to him over the phone earlier that day and his last words to her were “I love you”.

i

The i reports that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is to resist calling a snap general election to thwart MPs plotting a leadership challenge.

Daily Star

Britain could be set for a bank holiday heatwave, according to the Daily Star, with the paper reporting that a plume of warm weather is set to sweep across the UK from Germany. 

Financial Times

The Financial Times reports that the seven largest Western banks still operating in Russia paid the Kremlin €800m (£685m) in taxes last year – a fourfold increase on pre-war levels.

Metro

Beer, bread, and biscuit prices are expected to rise because of a poorer-than-usual harvest of wheat, barley, and oats, caused by a wet autumn and winter, the Metro reports.

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