2021-09-23
Independent Front Page 23rd of September 2021
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is facing the prospect of defeat or a U-turn over his plans to change the party’s leadership election rules, The Independent claims.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is facing the prospect of defeat or a U-turn over his plans to change the party’s leadership election rules, The Independent claims.
The Metro says climate protesters risking lives by sitting down on motorways face instant two-year jail terms after the government won a High Court injunction banning them from blocking the M25.
Joe Biden has offered an olive branch to French President Emmanuel Macron to soothe tensions that erupted over France’s exclusion from a new trilateral security pact that deprived Paris of a long-planned submarine deal, the Financial Times writes.
Millions of households face a devastating cost-of-living crisis that could last up to two years, the Daily Mirror claims. It says a perfect storm of rising inflation, National Insurance hikes, soaring energy bills, benefits cuts and the end of furlough will hit hard.
Britain is firing up for a colossal post-Brexit deal with America, Canada and Mexico, the Daily Express says.
“Who is telling porkies?” The Daily Star poses the question claiming the prime minister’s views that the country should not worry about putting food on our tables are contradicted by many “experts”.
The Times reports that the government is discussing plans to join a North American free-trade pact as Boris Johnson held his first White House meeting with President Biden.
France’s seat on the United Nations Security Council could be put “at the disposal of the European Union” if its governments back Emmanuel Macron’s plans for an EU army, The Daily Telegraph says.
The Guardian leads on the same story quoting a senior government source as saying: “There are a variety of different ways to do this. The question is whether the US administration is ready. The ball is in the US’s court. It takes two to tango.”