The Financial Times reports Thames Water’s appeal to MPs and Ofwat for bill hikes, dividend payments, and reduced fines to evade a potential government takeover.
The Metro reports that Lord Cameron’s government allegedly knew about a covert Post Office investigation that could have exonerated jailed sub-postmasters.
The Daily Express reports on the prime minister’s urgent appeal to Tory dissidents to unite and back the government’s Rwanda bill for migrant deportation.
The Financial Times reports on the government’s attempt to bar Fujitsu, implicated in the Post Office scandal, from new public contracts in the early 2010s.
The Daily Mail reports on the ongoing struggle for compensation by hundreds of sub-postmasters, despite government promises of exoneration in the Post Office Horizon scandal.
The Observer reports on the impending release of a damning COVID inquiry report before the next general election, highlighting the UK government’s pandemic preparedness failures.