Yahoo News What the papers say – July 26
The front pages see the former Chancellor and the Foreign Secretary clash over taxes, inflation and personality.
The “gloves are off” according to the i, which characterises the inter-party contest as “nasty”, while Metro dubs it “blue on blue warfare” and The Times says: “Bitter Tory rivals get personal.”
Tuesday's front page - Gloves are off: Tory contest turning nasty#TomorrowsPapersToday
Latest by @HugoGye: https://t.co/qeIy5U37tr pic.twitter.com/z6EBmWctHP— i newspaper (@theipaper) July 25, 2022
Tomorrows Paper Today 📰
YOU'LL LOSE US THE NEXT ELECTION
🔴 Sunak and Truss scrap in TV debate#Tomorrowspapertoday pic.twitter.com/l70fFsGtVn— Metro (@MetroUK) July 25, 2022
Times: Bitter Tory rivals get personal #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/oBKTHf7nLf
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) July 25, 2022
The Daily Express writes that the contest’s “great divide” is the question of tax cuts “now or later”.
Tuesday's front page: The great divide... Tax cuts now or later #TomorrowsPapersToday
Also in tomorrow's paper: Fury as judge rules on tragic Archie despite dad's collapse https://t.co/RXTHJm0DM6 pic.twitter.com/F9vqfMUfN2— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) July 25, 2022
The question of inflation was also central to the debate, as The Guardian reports, while Ms Truss’s claim that Mr Sunak would be a “new Gordon Brown” leads The Daily Telegraph.
Guardian front page, Tuesday 26 July 2022: Tory leadership rivals trade blows over tax and inflation pic.twitter.com/lHDRjOeiTL
— The Guardian (@guardian) July 25, 2022
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'PM Sunak would be a new Gordon Brown, claims Truss'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4Oomry pic.twitter.com/csSxZZQHhi— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 25, 2022
The Daily Mail leads on Ms Truss’s promise to “curb militant unions” amid a strike wave in the UK.
Mail: Truss vow to curb militant unions #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/dxQMkhXkDM
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) July 25, 2022
Elsewhere, The Independent reports the public spending gap between Northern England and London has doubled.
Independent Digital: North left further behindon public spending #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/1NhDe7QnJi
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) July 25, 2022
The Financial Times reports fears of a gas crisis in Europe are mounting as Russia cuts more supplies.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Tuesday 26 July https://t.co/Go49Adcqfj pic.twitter.com/Oa0iWFwa9z
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) July 25, 2022
Children are being sold “deadly knives” without having to prove their age, according to the Daily Mirror.
Tuesday's front page: Kids sold deadly knives #tomorrowspaperstoday https://t.co/h1U16DpiGU pic.twitter.com/wDsLHHGFS9
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) July 25, 2022
The Sun reports Cristiano Ronaldo is flying back to Manchester to demand he is allowed to leave Manchester United.
Tomorrow's front page: Cristiano Ronaldo is jetting back to Manchester to demand he leaves United https://t.co/CHdYbLMbhG pic.twitter.com/JdWheLju6f
— The Sun (@TheSun) July 25, 2022
And the Daily Star leads on research into the reduction of crime due to police patrols.
Daily Star: NO SHIZ SHERLOCK #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Vi0u6lb8sj
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) July 25, 2022
