2021-11-07
Observer Front Page 7th of November 2021
The paper splashes on calls for a new investigation into the finances behind Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat.
The paper splashes on calls for a new investigation into the finances behind Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat.
The fishing dispute features on the front page of The Observer. Leading scientists and environmentalists have called on the leaders of France and the UK to declare an immediate ceasefire in the row over fishing rights.
The Observer has learned that the UK Health and Security Agency contacted local authorities on Friday to canvass their level of support for the immediate rollout of Plan B restrictions – in a sign that the government is paving the way for their implementation.
The Observer leads with calls to end the hatred aimed at MPs.
England’s hospitals are struggling to recruit enough nurses to fill tens of thousands of vacancies, The Observer reports.
A group of senior Tory MPs has questioned how the PM can increase prosperity in poorer parts of the UK while increasing taxes on working people and cutting benefits – that’s on the front of The Observer.
Plans to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to 12 to 15-year-olds across the UK are set to be announced by the government – and a mass inoculation programme will begin in schools within two weeks, The Observer reports.
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure to commit to taxing the rich to pay for social care, reports The Observer.
The Observer reports that thousands of emails to the Foreign Office detailing cases of Afghans trying to escape from Afghanistan have not been read, including cases flagged by government ministers.