Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and the upcoming Budget feature on the front pages of Britain’s newspapers on Monday.
The Daily Mirror relays warnings from unions to Mr Hunt that all public services are in crisis ahead of the Budget.
Monday’s front page: The price of Tory tax bribeshttps://t.co/jV87aRwMOd pic.twitter.com/21YxcH51xN
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) March 3, 2024
Mr Hunt also faced warnings from a charity that said the Budget risks sending Britain into a “lost decade”, according to The Guardian.
Monday’s GUARDIAN: “Budget plan risks forcing UK into second lost decade, Hunt warned” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/RRC8GroYO4
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) March 3, 2024
The i reports Mr Hunt could put a “squeeze” on public spending to find enough money for tax cuts.
Monday’s i – “Hunt fuels Tory jitters of election Budget light on tax cuts” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/uj1qBTIznx
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) March 3, 2024
The Daily Express asks whether the Prime Minister and Mr Hunt can “pull a rabbit out of the hat” with tax cuts, while The Times says Mr Hunt is looking for “£9 billion to balance his budget”.
Monday’s Daily EXPRESS: “Can Hunt And PM Pull Rabbit Out Of Hat?” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/rJ0rvI2sIV
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) March 3, 2024
Monday’s TIMES: “Hunt looks for £9bn to balance his budget” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/0d9RGEWWBl
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) March 3, 2024
The Independent reports on a backlog of misconduct cases means there could be “potentially dangerous” nurses and midwives working in the NHS.
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— Thair Shaikh (@ThairShaikh) March 3, 2024
The Daily Mail leads with an investigation into care for the vulnerable where Home Office loopholes are reportedly being exploited.
Monday’s Daily MAIL: “Cash For Care Jobs Visa Scam” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/jJ1GnSEE1V
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) March 3, 2024
The Daily Telegraph says police have failed to solve a single burglary in almost half of all neighbourhoods in England and Wales over the last three years.
The front page of tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph:
‘Police solve no burglaries in half of country’#TomorrowsPapersToday
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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 3, 2024
The Metro leads with a story on an anxiety medication that was prescribed over 8.6 million times last year that has been linked to the highest growing death toll of any medication in Britain.
Tomorrow’s Paper Today ?
ANXIETY DRUG DEATHS SOAR
? Warning over pill addiction #Tomorrowspapertoday pic.twitter.com/alNFqYVcM9
— Metro (@MetroUK) March 3, 2024
The Financial Times says Opec members Russia and Saudi Arabia extended their voluntary cuts to oil production by another three months in an attempt to boost prices.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Monday 4 March https://t.co/AfYep7HjLO pic.twitter.com/T9BpDegOwg
— Financial Times (@FT) March 3, 2024
And the Daily Star runs with a story on an American man who ate his 34,000th McDonald’s Big Mac.
Monday’s front page: THE BIG MAC DADDY #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/pBe12Lxncg pic.twitter.com/175IN2fi0Z
— Daily Star (@dailystar) March 3, 2024