What the papers say – October 11
Proposals to make businesses publish their ethnicity pay gap are on several of Thursday’s front pages, along with Brexit ructions and Strictly Come Dancing.
The Times leads with the consultation on plans to force private companies and public sector employers into revealing their ethnicity pay gap.
Tomorrow's Times front page: Employers must reveal ethnic pay gap of staff pic.twitter.com/4P9ATZ9YNb
— The Times of London (@thetimes) October 10, 2018
The Daily Mail also picks up the story, reporting that the inequality-fighting measures mirror changes designed to expose the gender pay gap that became law earlier this year.
Thursday’s @DailyMailUK#MailFrontPagespic.twitter.com/4ebl29jLmq
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) October 10, 2018
Theresa May is setting out the plans after the Equality and Human Rights Commission warned just 3% of firms measure their ethnicity pay gaps, The Independent reports.
Thursday's Independent: "Firms could be forced to reveal their race pay gap" (via @BBCHelenaLee) #tomorrowspaperstodaypic.twitter.com/P9SlUKab39
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) October 10, 2018
The Daily Telegraph leads with Mrs May’s bid to win the backing of her Brexit “war Cabinet” for a so-called back-stop plan that will keep Britain in a customs union with the EU until a trade deal is struck.
The Daily Telegraph: May’s deal to keep UK in customs union #tomorrowspaperstodaypic.twitter.com/rzxhoUxOFO
— Helena Lee (@BBCHelenaLee) October 10, 2018
The i reports on a threat by the DUP that they will vote against the Government’s Budget if she does not change her plan for the Irish border.
Thursday's front page: DUP threat to topple Theresa May by voting against the autumn budget #tomorrowspaperstodaypic.twitter.com/uDUbNCr1ej
— i newspaper (@theipaper) October 10, 2018
Strictly celebrity Seann Walsh and dance partner Katya Jones’s television apology for kissing leads The Sun.
Tomorrow's front page: Seann Walsh and Katya Jones try to tap dance around questions over their drunken snog https://t.co/J1KB0kSKxrpic.twitter.com/z8L7OEWcnc
— The Sun (@TheSun) October 10, 2018
The Guardian carries a report on failures in the migrant detention system.
The Guardian front page, Thursday 11 October 2018: Flawed system failing to protect vulnerable migrant detainees pic.twitter.com/azmzoP9Q6n
— The Guardian (@guardian) October 10, 2018
A police marksman told an inquest he shot Westminster terrorist Khalid Masood dead as he believed “he was going to kill me”, the Daily Express reports.
Daily Express: Police hero who put his boss to shame #tomorrowspaperstodaypic.twitter.com/wvWJk7hA8I
— Helena Lee (@BBCHelenaLee) October 10, 2018
The Financial Times leads with speculation that James Murdoch will take over as chairman of Tesla from Elon Musk after the SpaceX billionaire was told to step down by regulators.
Front page of the Financial Times, London edition, for Thursday 11 October 2018 pic.twitter.com/12TTRm2djt
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) October 10, 2018