Newspaper headlines: 'Badenoch promises tax cuts' and 'Asos hacker havoc'
The Tories' financial plans and a hack at online shopping outlet Asos lead Wednesday's papers.
The Daily Mail is one of a number of papers looking ahead to Kemi Badenoch's speech at the Conservative Party conference. It says on its front page that her plan to "slash" employers' national insurance contributions will get young people "back to work". The Sun hails the plan with the headline, " the lady's Neet for turning" , saying it could be a "lifeline" for those not in education or training. The Times reports that Badenoch will also pledge to cut the rate of inheritance tax . It says her tax cuts would be funded by £30bn of welfare reductions.
Chancellor John Healey is considering a £1bn package of support for poorer households to help them with their energy bills, according to the Guardian. Sources tell the paper no final decisions on the Budget have been made, and officials are also considering more radical changes to how much energy companies can charge customers.
The i reports that the budget for schools in England will be squeezed, after Education Secretary Lucy Powell announced a pay rise for teachers would be fully funded, without consulting the Treasury. The paper quotes teaching unions as saying there will now be "no new money" for schools. The Treasury and the Department for Education both deny the claims.
The Daily Mirror carries a warning from Cancer Research that the NHS will miss its cancer diagnosis and treatment targets by over three years. The health service's current goals are for 2029, but the charity says it won't meet them until 2032, unless things improve. The Department of Health said it had already made significant changes but there was a lot more to do.
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's legal action against Thames Valley Police centres on allegations officers took his personal items , claims the Daily Telegraph. The paper says the former prince believes private and confidential material was removed during searches of his home in February, as part of an investigation into allegations of misconduct in public office. Mountbatten-Windsor denies wrongdoing.
The Times has picked up that his old Bentley, which once bore a personalised Duke of York number plate , is up for sale. The green Flying Spur, which has only 7,000 miles on the clock, could be yours for £125,000.
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