Several front pages lead with stories on the upcoming vote in Parliament on legalising assisted dying in England and Wales. The Sunday Times reports on a new poll which indicates 65% of the country supports the move – with 13% opposing it. The study of more than 17,000 people also found that those who had lost a parent in the past five years are 18 points more likely to support assisted dying, the paper says.
The Observer carries comments from Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, who says MPs risk putting the country on a “slippery slope towards death on demand” if they back the move. In a letter to her constituents, the minister also says recent scandals like the Hillsborough disaster or infected blood scandal show the state is “not always benign”.
A minister will warn at a Nato conference tomorrow that Russia is ready to “launch a wave of cyber attacks on Britain” and leave millions without power, says the Sunday Telegraph. The paper’s lead reports that Pat McFadden will tell the gathering of allies that the Russia is trying to weaken their support for Ukraine, with President Vladimir Putin ready and able to order a “destabilising and debilitating” electronic attack.
Sticking with the threat posed by Russia, the Sunday Express reports on comments by former Conservative minister Tom Tugendhat, who says the UK must “stand firm” in the face of Nuclear sabre-rattling by the Kremlin. Tugendhat says Putin’s threats are an attempt to “frighten into inaction” and argued Ukraine’s attack on the Russian region of Kursk show his “red lines are fiction”.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has written in the Mail on Sunday, pledging to crack down on a “bulging benefits bill blighting our society”. Starmer says in his piece that he will make “sweeping changes” to the country’s £137 billion welfare bill, a move paper describes an attempt to “steal the Tories’ political clothes” over welfare abuse.
The Daily Mirror has an exclusive story that Nottingham’s police chief will be investigated by the police watchdog over claims she covered up failings over the fatal stabbing of Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates in 2023. The paper says Kate Meynell will face an IOPC probe after “allegedly tried to stop journalists revealing knifeman Valdo Calocane had been reported twice for stalking before the killings. Nottinghamshire Police declined to comment to the Mirror.
McFly star Danny Jones has been backed to make it through the travails of the reality TV jungle, reports the Sunday People. The paper says Harry Judd has said his bandmate can “deal with his demons” on ITV’s I’m a Celebrity this series.
“Nerd hobbies like gaming and superheroes” have become more popular than football, according to the Daily Star. The paper says young people now prefer these “geeky hobbies”, noting wryly that it “looks like the nerds finally have their revenge”.
