What the papers say – April 25
Labour’s promise to take control of the rail network has taken the lead on Thursday, alongside a number of images of the bolting horses from the Household Cavalry.
The Daily Mirror, The Guardian, Metro and the i all focus on Labour’s vow to return the rail network to public ownership within five years if elected.
MIRROR: Labour: We’ll nationalise rail in five years #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/LLAiinTLWN
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024
THE GUARDIAN: Labour pledges to nationalise rail network within five years #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/nPkZ9Ui7oy
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024
METRO: End of line for failing train firms #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/6lE2e1YHNg
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024
I: Revealed: Labour’s plan to nationalise UK railways #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/864vQ3C9t9
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024
The Daily Telegraph splashes with Labour’s refusal to match the Conservative Party’s defence spend.
TELEGRAPH: Starmer refuses to match PM’s defence budget #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/yiDnL0dDTy
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024
The Independent has run with a slightly different defence angle, as Rishi Sunak challenges the European Union to up spending to counter Russian President Vladimir Putin.
INDEPENDENT: Sabre rattling Sunak #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/iqCVEPMcfn
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024
The Financial Times looks to international news, with a piece on Brussels and its dawn raid on a Chinese security supplier in a move that may stoke trade tensions.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Thursday 25 April https://t.co/Qf10w0IyLm pic.twitter.com/9zqkeiyNc3
— Financial Times (@FT) April 24, 2024
The Times shifts its focus back to the UK, with a piece that claims underage drinking in England is among the worst in the world.
THE TIMES: England worst in world for underage drinking #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/SEnmUQZOAU
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024
The Daily Express reports on a stabbing at a Welsh school.
MIRROR: Horror in the playground #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/FOsEo7LExv
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024
The Sun opts for a piece on the death of Princess Beatrice’s ex-boyfriend, who appears to have died in drug-related circumstances.
THE SUN: Beatrice ex in drug death #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/I8cG2yvkt5
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024
And the Daily Star leads with an expert who reckons the full English breakfast may turn Britons into “insomniac zombies”.
STAR: Greasy fry ups will turn us into ZOMBIES #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/jlbjPZMhvV
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) April 24, 2024