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'Grim spring outlook' and Reeves warned 'not to shift blame'

Published 2 weeks ago• 2 minute read
as she delivers her Spring Statement - and is insisting that the poor won't pay the price of increased security.

But the Times predicts deeper benefit cuts and further unease on the Labour backbenches, while the Guardian leads with a warning of possible tax rises in the autumn.

The Sun says that extra money for defence will offer a "turbo-boost" and will offset gloomy economic forecasts. But the Financial Times predicts the Reeves statement will be dominated by dismal growth, a yawning fiscal hole and an admission that things might become even worse.

Prince Harry is on the front page of many of the papers, because of what the Daily Mail calls the "Royal Bombshell" of him resigning from his own charity. The paper blames "'unthinkable' infighting" at Sentebale. The Times says the statement in which Harry stepped down was "extraordinary", ending nearly two decades of work with the charity.

The Daily Telegraph says the proposed new law on assisted dying has been "thrown into doubt", after its creator Kim Leadbeater agreed to postpone its implementation until 2029. The Mail calls the delay a "shock move", and the Guardian says it could mean any change in the law never becomes reality.

The Financial Times attacks what it calls the "sheer amateurism" of the Trump White House, in the use of a messaging app to discuss military plans. The paper says allies could now question what intelligence they are prepared to share with Washington.

The Daily Mirror takes a mocking approach, headlining its story "Dunce upon a time in America". The Matt cartoon in the Telegraph shows an editorial meeting at a parish magazine, where a man says "publish the date of the jumble sale, but not the US bombing plans. Those were sent to us by mistake".

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