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.
Afghans are fleeing the capital Kabul as Taliban forces close in after sweeping across the country, The Observer reports.
The Observer leads with climate chief Alok Sharma’s warning that the world is on the brink of catastrophe, although he also told the newspaper that the UK could continue with fossil fuel projects such as new oil and gas fields.
Sir Keir Starmer has been told he needs to “lure back millions of voters” if Labour wants to win the next general election, according to The Observer.
The scheme to allow people “pinged” by the COVID app in the food industry to not self-isolate is an “absolute disaster”, according to food supply bosses in The Observer.
