What the papers say – September 6
The papers are led by criticism of the Prime Minister’s plan to fund social care reform, as well as tributes to Sarah Harding following her sudden death.
The Times, The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail report Boris Johnson is set to defy pressure from his own cabinet and push through a rise to National Insurance in order to increase health and social care spending.
TIMES: PM to defy rebels over tax rise for social care #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Z4yAS34O20
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) September 5, 2021
📰The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Tory party grandees join tax rise revolt'#TomorrowsPapersToday
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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) September 5, 2021
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— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) September 5, 2021
The Guardian says the PM faces a “mutiny” over the plan, with the i reporting the situation has created “panic” within the Tory party.
Guardian front page, Monday 6 September 2021: PM faces mutiny over plan to raise taxes for social care pic.twitter.com/VsM8VXwF6e
— The Guardian (@guardian) September 5, 2021
Monday's front page: Tory panic over tax grab plan to fund social care #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/BKzaBra0G1
— i newspaper (@theipaper) September 5, 2021
Mr Johnson is set to plead with the nation to “share tax pain” in order to clear the pandemic-fuelled NHS backlog, according to the Daily Express.
EXPRESS: Plea to nation: share tax pain to solve NHS crisis #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/qubAN7RBKn
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) September 5, 2021
Meanwhile, Metro says the tax “crunch” will hit younger workers the hardest.
Monday's front page:
YOUNG FACE TAX CRUNCH#TomorrowsPapersToday #bbcpapers #skypapers pic.twitter.com/kgDE7buhQT
— Metro Newspaper UK (@MetroUKNews) September 5, 2021
Elsewhere, The Sun and Daily Mirror lead with the death of Girls Aloud singer Harding, who died on Sunday at the age of 39 after a battle with breast cancer.
On tomorrow's front page: Sarah Harding’s mum says star ‘drew comfort from knowing she was loved’ after she loses cancer battle https://t.co/cEvHPlSk2o pic.twitter.com/V0aCWVtyhD
— The Sun (@TheSun) September 5, 2021
Tomorrow's front page: My beautiful girl Sarah…our bright, shining star https://t.co/ISp3k4W0Mp #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/3NsY4DCuij
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) September 5, 2021
The Independent says building industry groups have warned Brexit red tape is causing “chaos” for the sector.
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— Thair Shaikh (@ThairShaikh) September 5, 2021
And the Financial Times leads with a record pace for business mergers and acquisitions so far this year.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times UK edition Monday September 6 https://t.co/A25fGhKuTU pic.twitter.com/P89OgTakCA
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 5, 2021