Rights reform to ‘head off Farage’ and ‘Enders Jamie axed’
The fallout from Angela Rayner’s resignation and the resulting cabinet reshuffle leads several of Sunday’s papers. The front page of the Observer features a series of articles analysing Rayner’s impact on the Labour Party. “Who speaks for the left now?” asks Andrew Rawnsley, while Kimia Zabihyan writes: “Angela Rayner had pure class. Our class.”
The new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will soon announce plans to move migrants in asylum-seeker hotels to former military bases, according to the Sunday Telegraph. The policy will be unveiled “within weeks”, and comes as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer instructed her to “get a grip” on the small boats crisis, according to the paper.
Labour’s new cabinet is prepared to “overhaul” human rights laws to tackle immigration, the Sunday Times reports, in a bid to counter a surge in support for Reform UK. A party insider tells the paper that “nothing is off the table” for Shabana Mahmood, who is likely to want to reform the European Convention on Human Rights.
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage “must unite to crush Labour”, according to Nadine Dorries, who defected to Reform UK from the Conservatives last week. If it could make people’s lives better, Dorries says, “both men would find a way to accommodate each other’s egos”.
HMRC officials failing to pick up the phone is leading to an annual loss of £46.8bn in tax revenue, according to the Sunday Express. Tax hikes by the chancellor would be unnecessary if the lost revenue was collected to “plug a black hole in public finances”, the paper writes.
Jamie Borthwick has been axed from EastEnders after nearly two decades playing Jay Brown in the soap, the Sun reports. Earlier this year, he was suspended after using a slur against people with disabilities on the set of Strictly Come Dancing.
“Enders Jamie axed” is the headline for the Sunday Mirror, which also leads with BBC bosses telling the actor that his “time’s up on Albert Square”.
Children will sing God Save the King and wave Union Jack flags every morning under a Reform UK government, according to MP Lee Anderson. The Daily Star reports the MP for Ashfield believes youngsters “need to be taught what is means to be British”.
The Sunday Telegraph says that the new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will announce within weeks that migrants in asylum-seeker hotels will be moved into barracks on former military bases. The paper says Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has instructed her to “get a grip” on the small boats crisis.
The Sunday Times says the new cabinet is prepared to overhaul human rights laws to head off Nigel Farage even if it makes Sir Keir’s MPs feel queasy. The paper’s cartoonist, Newman, depicts one Downing Street press officer asking another, “We’ve had a reboot, a reset and a reshuffle. What’s next?” The answer? “Reform?”
The Sunday Express says HMRC has failed to answer four million phone calls from businesses trying to pay what they owe – resulting in the Treasury failing to collect what it calls a “staggering” £47bn. The paper says this would be enough to plug the black hole in the public finances, without having to hike taxes.
Many of the papers are underwhelmed by England’s 2-0 victory over Andorra in qualifying for next summer’s football World Cup. The Daily Star says it was another bore from Thomas Tuchel and his tame three lions. The Sunday Telegraph says England were turgid as they struggled to beat the minnows. The Sunday Express says Villa Park was half-empty at the final whistle, as England laboured to a dull victory.
The Sun on Sunday and the Sunday Mirror lead on the BBC’s decision to axe Jamie Borthwick from EastEnders, after he made a disabled slur during his time on Strictly Come Dancing. The Mail on Sunday says that the actor apologised at the time, saying he didn’t fully understand the derogatory nature of the term.
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