‘More pressure on Andrew’ and ‘Reeves eyes doubling of council tax’
Numerous documents, King III. It leads to the ongoing effects of Charles’ decision to strip his brother Andrew of his royal titles and expel him from the Royal Lodge. The Sunday Mirror is leading calls from some US congressmen for Andrew Mountbatten Windsor to face a US committee investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case. The old prince constantly denied injustice.
According to the Sun, the Duke of Sussex supported the King’s move. The newspaper says it is his understanding that California-based Prince Harry “supports Charles ending Andrew’s allowance.”
“Hundreds of foreign killers infiltrate Britain” reads the Sunday Express headline. The newspaper writes that its analysis shows that hundreds of “murderers and rapists” were detected after police checks on foreign nationals by the Criminal Records Office between 2022 and 2024.
Meanwhile, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering doubling council tax rates in the top tax bands in the November Budget, which would affect “more than a million homes”, the Sunday Telegraph reports. The newspaper says this is part of Reeves’ efforts to “find £30bn to plug the black hole in the public finances”. According to the newspaper, Opposition Leader Kemi Badenoch “warned that the proposal would ‘prevent’ retirees from living on fixed incomes in more valuable properties.”
“Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will face a furious rebellion if the Chancellor breaks Labour’s manifesto promise and raises income tax in the Budget,” the Independent writes, citing unnamed senior ministers who spoke to the paper. The newspaper says this follows reports that the Treasury is considering increasing income tax by 2p.
Two estate agents reportedly told the chancellor that he would need a license to rent his home, the Mail on Sunday newspaper reported. The newspaper stated that Reeves told Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer that he “did not know he needed permission to rent a house.” The report quotes a source who claims Reeves and her husband “approached Knight Frank, a premier estate agency, about managing the property and were alerted to the need for a licence.”
The Observer’s front page features climate features and analysis, with references to the Conference of the Parties (COP) climate summit to be held in Brazil in November. The lead stories are “why climate action is the real growth story” and “the failure of the UN talk shop”.
“Children in Yorkshire have the worst teeth in the country,” writes the Daily Star. The headline focuses on a national survey showing that six of the top 10 towns and cities for dental extractions for children aged five to nine are based in Yorkshire.