The Sunday Times reports that Nigel Farage failed to disclose benefits given to a convicted criminal a year before he entered Parliament.external. The newspaper said Britain’s reform leader accepted staff, security and accommodation paid for by George Cottrell, who was jailed for eight months for his role in a money laundering scheme in the US. Farage’s team denies any rules were broken.
The front page of The Mail on Sunday claims Andy Burnham will lower the threshold for the so-called mansion tax.externalif he becomes prime minister. The newspaper said the change would include homes worth £1.5 million, affecting more than 150,000 families with tax increases.
Sir Tony Blair’s think tank has urged Andy Burnham not to raise capital gains taxexternalThe Sunday Telegraph reports this. The newspaper said Tony Blair’s Global Change Institute had issued a “dire warning”, arguing the country could not “tax its way to prosperity”. According to the report, Burnham is considering bringing the capital gains tax, which typically applies to real estate, shares and investments, in line with income taxes.
The National Crime Agency is warning parents not to post pictures of their children online after what the Sunday Mirror says is a surge in sexualized images of young people created by artificial intelligence.external The report said the school was targeted by gangs who used photographs of students to create images and threatened to release them unless payment was made. Analysts found nearly 3,500 such images last year, up from 13 in 2024, the newspaper said.
The Sunday Express is leading the so-called “troubled” HS2 high-speed rail project. It says bosses spent £77m in a year on consultants.externalwho were hired to find out what work had been done in the nearly £47 billion spent so far. “Off the Rails,” reads the newspaper headline. HS2 told Express that consultants had been hired to help with a “reboot” designed to improve the management of the project.
Many front pages are eagerly awaiting the World Cup Round of 16 match against Mexico on Monday morning. The Sunday Mirror calls the reversal at an earlier kick-off time a “fiasco”.external and says pub owners are frantically changing opening hours. The Sun on Sunday was more positive, quoting captain Harry Kane as saying he wanted the country to celebrate until dawn.external. The Daily Star claims German fans have rallied behind Englandexternal thanks to Three Lions manager German Thomas Tuchel. His headline reads: “Komm schon England”, which he says translates to “Come on, England”.