'PM overrules Miliband' and 'We was robbed!'

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News image — Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer plans to "water down" the UK's electric vehicles sales targets, the Sunday Times reports, describing it as a "blow" to Energy Secretary Ed Miliband's net-zero agenda. The paper reports that the mandate requiring 80% of new car sales by 2030 to be all-electric models will be reduced to 50%.

The headline on the front page of the Sunday Times reads: "PM overrules Miliband on electric car sales targets." — Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer plans to "water down" the UK's electric vehicles sales targets, the Sunday Times reports, describing it as a "blow" to Energy Secretary Ed Miliband's net-zero agenda. The paper reports that the mandate requiring 80% of new car sales by 2030 to be all-electric models will be reduced to 50%.

The headline on the front page of the Sunday Express reads: "'100,000 failed asylum seekers still here'." — More than 100,000 failed asylum seekers are still living in the UK because they have not yet been deported, the Sunday Express reports. The papers adds that at least a quarter of these - more than 26,000 people - have been in the country for at least a decade despite losing their cases.

The headline on the front page of the Independent reads: "...hand their heads in shame." — Writing in the Independent, former Conservative MP Lord Michael Heseltine says that the "scandalously false prospectus" promised by leading proponents of Brexit has "turned to dust and ashes". The front page features photos of Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Nigel Farage, all of whom, Lord Michael continues, should "hang their heads in shame".

The headline on the front page of the Observer reads: "'Our English Picasso'." — David Hockney, "our English Picasso", is mourned on the front page of the Observer. The lauded British artist died on Thursday, aged 88.

The headline on the front page of the Daily Star reads: "We was robbed!" — "We was robbed!" is the headline for the Daily Star, which reports the England World Cup Squad had their boots and training gear stolen in a "huge heist".

The headline on the front page of the Sunday People reads: "We was robbed." — Sunday People leads with the same headline, but also features a photo of the Princess of Wales at Trooping the Colour.

The headline on the front page of the Sun on Sunday reads: "What a save." — Two people have been arrested in connection with the theft of the England kit, the Sun on Sunday reports.

The headline on the front page of the Sunday Telegraph reads: "Jarvis: I'll get Forces the funds they need." — The new Defence Secretary, Dan Jarvis, tells the Sunday Telegraph that the government must "meet the moment" on defence spending. Jarvis said he was determined to get the military "precisely what they need", after his predecessor John Healey resigned following a spending row.

The headline on the front page of the Sunday Mirror reads: "Burnham: I'll make us heard." — In the Sunday Mirror, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, a Labour leadership hopeful, writes that successive governments have turned "a deaf ear to the things that matter most to us". Speaking about his effort to return to Westminster in the forthcoming Makerfield by-election, he says: "If I'm given the opportunity, I'll make sure they hear us loud and clear." A full list of the parties who have put forward candidates for the Makerfield by-election can be found on the BBC website.

The headline on the front page of the Mail on Sunday reads: "Restore activists at 'white supremacy summit'." — The Daily Mail reports that activists campaigning for Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain party campaigned at a summit of white supremacists. A Restore Britain spokesperson described the revelations as "totally irrelevant" and a "hit piece".

The Sunday Times says Sir Keir Starmer will "water down" the UK's electric vehicle sales targets. The paper understands a requirement for 80% of new car sales to be electric by 2030, will instead be reduced to 50%. It calls the change a "blow" to the net-zero agenda of Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, uses an article in the Sunday Mirror to accuse successive governments of turning a "deaf ear" to what matters most to voters. He says if he returns to Parliament by winning the Makerfield by-election on Thursday, he will "make sure they hear us loud and clear". The Mirror's editorial calls it a "Maker break vote for all of us", and argues a victory for Burnham will see off what it calls "the divisive politics of Reform".

But the Mail on Sunday argues "Reform UK is the only sensible way to vote". The paper's lead story focuses on Reform's right-wing rivals, Restore Britain, saying party activists attended a summit of white supremacists. A spokesperson for Restore calls the story "totally irrelevant" and a "hit piece". A full list of candidates for the Makerfield by-election is available on the BBC News website.

The fallout from John Healey's resignation as defence secretary is picked over by several papers. Al Carns, who quit as armed forces minister hours after his boss, has written a piece for the Sunday Telegraph. He argues that security is no longer purely about the military, but energy as well, and says a "serious country" would use all sources of power, including North Sea oil and gas. Sir Keir Starmer's biographer, Tom Baldwin, writes in the Observer that the prime minister's work ethic endures despite the resignations. He says Sir Keir "has extraordinary qualities" and that "we may yet miss them" if he is removed.

The Sunday Express says more than 100,000 failed asylum seekers are feared to be living in Britain illegally because they have not yet been deported. The paper cites its own analysis and that of Oxford University's Migration Observatory. The Home Office calls the figures "misleading".

Bran flakes will be deemed junk food under government health plans, according to the Telegraph. It highlights concerns by food giants that labelling thousands of products that contain natural sugars as unhealthy will push consumers away from cereals that are good for the gut. A government spokesperson tells the paper that previous nutrition rules were 20 years old and did not reflect the latest dietary advice.

"What a save" declares the Sun on Sunday, revealing that the kit of the England football captain Harry Kane has been recovered after it was stolen in the US. "Shoe are ya?" quips the Sunday People, which says Kane's boots were among the items robbed.

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