What the papers say – September 23
Energy bill increases for many households are covered on the front of many papers on Thursday, while pictures from Boris Johnson’s visit to the US also feature.
The Times writes that six energy suppliers have collapsed this month which will mean their 1.5 million customers will be transferred to new suppliers “where they will pay hundreds of pounds a year more”.
TIMES: 1.5 million households face rise in energy bills #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/sGslJG4hO2
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) September 22, 2021
A similar story leads The Guardian which says 800,000 people were with the most recent energy companies to collapse, with ministers considering a windfall tax on companies “profiting from record gas prices”.
Guardian front page, Thursday 23 September 2021: Gas firms may face windfall tax as energy crisis hits more households pic.twitter.com/zNT3aRtvEv
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) September 22, 2021
The i reports up to seven million households currently get their gas from firms “most vulnerable to collapsing”, and the Daily Mirror writes all households will end up paying for the collapse.
Thursday's front page: Energy bill hike for millions of UK homes#TomorrowsPapersToday
💡 Suppliers for seven million homes at risk @HugoCDaniel https://t.co/faoVrHwVxg
💡 What to do if your energy supplier goes bust @NickMDuffy https://t.co/xnveCPgdWg pic.twitter.com/VqakYBEnma
— i newspaper (@theipaper) September 22, 2021
Tomorrow's front page: We'll all pay the price #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/U1mK9xgC7O pic.twitter.com/FSlpKT1TWj
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) September 22, 2021
The Daily Mail speaks of the country facing a “winter of woe” with a combined “fuel bills shock” and potential for panic buying caused by supermarket supply problems.
Thursday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/Cc2q4Guydl
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) September 22, 2021
And the Daily Express carries a call to Mr Johnson to increase the Winter Fuel Payment to “protect the elderly from spiralling energy bills”.
Front page: Heat is on, PM! Let's raise winter fuel payments.#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Ovxt40w76r
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) September 22, 2021
The Daily Telegraph leads on the fallout from France’s reaction to the defence pact between Australia, the UK and US as Mr Johnson said his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron should “get a grip”.
🗞️The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Johnson and Biden 'astonished' at Macron'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4O6L2Y pic.twitter.com/AnN2vBdjOF
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) September 22, 2021
US President Joe Biden offering an olive branch to Mr Macron to soothe tensions is on the front of the Financial Times.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Thursday 23 September https://t.co/b7J4YzTqf9 pic.twitter.com/sOCV1O4W9M
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 22, 2021
Plans to jail climate protestors “risking lives by sitting down on motorways” for two years leads Metro, while the Daily Star writes about “eco-berks” comparing themselves to Winston Churchill.
Thursday’s front page:
FAST LANE TO PRISON#tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers #skypapers pic.twitter.com/gwQDuvzVOB
— Metro Newspaper UK (@MetroUKNews) September 22, 2021
Tomorrow's front page: Never in the field of human conflict were so many thoroughly @£!&ed off by so few https://t.co/UViE1xz97I pic.twitter.com/7HmxTaNUyN
— Daily Star (@dailystar) September 22, 2021
And The Independent carries a story on Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s plans to change leadership election rules hitting a stumbling block.
INDEPENDENT DIGITAL: Unions refuse to back @Keir_Starmer on party reforms #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Q08E4q7286
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) September 22, 2021