The latest coronavirus updates and political machinations fill Sunday’s front pages.
A senior Government source has told the Sunday Express scientists at Oxford University and Imperial College London are “extremely close” to developing and testing a vaccine.
Tomorrow’s Front Page:https://t.co/jPEs7LKNRM #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/zDkO6FXBIf
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) August 29, 2020
Social media influencers and reality television personalities “have been paid a fortune” to promote the Government’s test and trace scheme, according to the Sunday Mirror.
Tomorrow’s front page: Love Island stars cash in on Covid. #tomorrowspaperstoday https://t.co/K0NKj4dgvr pic.twitter.com/vx5RF2F6qV
— Sunday Mirror (@TheSundayMirror) August 29, 2020
The Sunday Telegraph reports the Treasury wants to cover the spiralling economic costs of the pandemic via “bombshell” tax hikes.
The front page of tomorrow’s Sunday Telegraph: ‘Bombshell tax hikes to pay for virus’#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/2V28EBiKIt
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) August 29, 2020
The Sunday Times continues the story, saying the “tax raid” will hit businesses, the wealthy, pensions and foreign aid.
Sunak plans triple tax raid on the wealthy, hitting pensions, second homes and businesses, The Sunday Times reports #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/mT9qzoXnn2
— The Sunday Times (@thesundaytimes) August 29, 2020
The Prime Minister faces a showdown with “furious” Tory MPs over the Government’s “chaotic handling” of the pandemic, according to The Observer.
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— The Observer (@ObserverUK) August 29, 2020
New Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey tells The Independent he will not allow Boris Johnson and his chief adviser Dominic Cummings to turn UK politics into a “culture war” between conservatives and progressives.
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— Thair Shaikh (@ThairShaikh) August 29, 2020
Former Downing Street adviser Sir Robbie Gibb is working to establish an “impartial” television news channel to rival the BBC, The Mail on Sunday reports.
MAIL On Sunday: “Top Tory Launches TV Rival To ‘Woke Wet BBC’ “ #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/iagT8p0PdM
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) August 29, 2020
Social media platform TikTok is being used to “glorify street gang violence including stabbings and murders, according to Sunday People.
Tomorrow’s front page: TikTok app scorecards glorify gang stabbings to kids#tomorrowspaperstoday https://t.co/Qavv00skpd pic.twitter.com/c1C41IbLtE
— The Sunday People (@thesundaypeople) August 29, 2020
And the Daily Star Sunday says the Welsh castle hosting I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! is a hotspot for “UFO sightings”.
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— Daily Star (@dailystar) August 29, 2020
