Sunday Times

The Sunday Times reports how the crisis engulfing Boris Johnson’s leadership has deepened with the departure of key Brexit ally, Lord Frost. 

Further COVID curbs – such as more testing and vaccine passports for pubs – are being considered by ministers, according to The Times.

The Times says the chancellor is preparing to cut income tax by 2p in the pound or to slash VAT before the next election.

Holiday plans for millions of people have been thrown into doubt after the PM introduced new measures to combat the Omicron variant of coronavirus, The Sunday Times reports.

The Sunday Times leads with a story about the deal struck between world leaders at the end of COP26, reporting Alok Sharma was reduced to tears as he apologised to delegates for the way a late change was made. 

The paper reports that the Tory party has been accused of abusing the honours system by systematically offering seats in the House of Lords to a select group of multimillionaire donors.

The Sunday Times leads on a story about a British soldier who is accused of killing a woman while training in Kenya. The paper claims the soldier joked about the murder on Facebook with fellow squaddies.

The Sunday Times has an interview with an ex-squaddie who recalls the moment a British soldier allegedly broke down in tears and allegedly confessed to murdering a 21-year-old woman while training in Kenya.