What the papers say – December 28
Cost-of-living difficulties and terrorising pigs lead the front pages.
Unions have a new tactic to increase the number of major walkouts across the transport network, reports the i.
Wednesday's front page: Train strikes set to escalate as union plans daily walkouts#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/822qthb6gF
— i newspaper (@theipaper) December 27, 2022
Next to join the industrial action ranks could be junior doctors, who are to be balloted on striking from January 9, with the Daily Mirror citing a survey showing two-thirds of them are looking to leave the NHS.
Wednesday's Front Page: JUNIOR DOCS STRIKE FEAR
Two-thirds look at quitting their job… as ballot over action looms ➡️https://t.co/kqO9gh7JeH#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Z8B1sXWPXc
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) December 27, 2022
Winter and the cost-of-living crisis have forced thousands of vulnerable cancer patients into isolation, a charity tells the Daily Express.
Wednesday's front page: Cost of living crisis hits patients hardhttps://t.co/471WWMjg37#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/I6x9U9FkDo
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) December 27, 2022
Food bank managers warn the Government in The Independent that a “tsunami of need” could see hungry families turned away in the new year, with donations falling as demand steadily rises.
Our front page tomorrow @Independent #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/2x5yl66BQY
— Alastair Jamieson (@alastairjam) December 27, 2022
The Times claims an argument between Cabinet colleagues Suella Braverman and Michael Gove has pushed back long-anticipated counter-terrorism reforms.
Wednesday’s TIMES: “Cabinet row over Prevent anti-terror programme” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/AmKsnp4h2y
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) December 27, 2022
Top brass must take action over an “epidemic” of predatory behaviour and sexual assault at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, The Daily Telegraph cites a charity as saying.
📰 The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Sandhurst urged to tackle toxic culture'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletter 👇https://t.co/x8AV4Oomry pic.twitter.com/TQXPF7P50U
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 27, 2022
The Financial Times reports China will remove quarantine requirements for inbound travellers from January 8.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Wednesday 28 December https://t.co/HN51FZ1HJK pic.twitter.com/oaZ5i2xYmM
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) December 27, 2022
Union leaders are accused in the Daily Mail of plotting a “de facto general strike” after they launched a loyalty-card scheme designed to swell picket lines.
Wednesday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/kFUByHBpds
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) December 27, 2022
And the Daily Star says runaway pigs have been terrorising a village, leading them to be called the “porky blinders”.
A series of un-porcine-ite events🐖#TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/VY3usw7wFB pic.twitter.com/yRP6vdQ4qE
— Daily Star (@dailystar) December 27, 2022