A range of stories feature on the front of Tuesday’s newspapers including Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch who – in an interview with the Daily Telegraph – dismissed the idea of an election pact with Reform UK as “for the birds”. Catching the eye on the front is an image of the King and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner on a visit together in Cornwall.
King Charles and Angela Rayner also appear on the front of the Times, as the prime minister follows in the background as the monarch gave a guided tour of his environmentally friendly, sustainable housing project in Cornwall. The lead story centres on Britain not re-joining the European Union to retaliate against Donald Trump’s steel tariffs.
The Guardian says Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner’s visit to Cornwall with king Charles “raises eyebrows”. Meanwhile, the lead story centres on MPs who are considering scraping the requirement for a high court judge to decide on assisted dying cases, with an expert panel to scrutinise decisions instead. There are concerns this could be a watering down of the safeguards contained in the legislation.
In other news, dressed in a red outfit on the red carpet Taylor Swift is pictured on the side of Tuesday’s edition of the Sun after she watched the Kansas City Chiefs slump to a Super Bowl defeat. The paper asks if the singer can “shake it off” in what it describes as a “bad year” for her. The tabloid also carries a story about Labour’s new health minister who reportedly said it is okay for people to identify as a llama.
Taylor Swift also features on the front of the Daily Mirror next to an image of Donald Trump – the first US sitting president to attend a Super Bowl. As its lead, the tabloid says Sir Keir Starmer is backing a Mirror campaign to save Britain’s pubs.
At the top of Tuesday’s Metro is an image of London’s iconic brutalist Trellick Tower – which stands tall and proud on the edges of north-west London. The paper says flats in the building are selling for £1m. The Metro’s lead story is an interview with solicitor Elsa Baudart who tells the paper about her anger and “sadness” that police are not prosecuting a man who spied on her through a changing room vent in Putney.
The UK fears its steel industry faces a fatal blow from Donald Trump’s latest tariff announcements, according to the front of the i newspaper. Business and trade union leaders have urged the government to step in and protect the already struggling industry, the paper says.
Five-year-old Bert Church is pictured on the front of the Daily Express as he protested with his farmer mother Hazel and father Tom, both 44, in London on Monday, alongside thousands of others demonstrating against the Chancellor’s changes to inheritance tax on farms.
Finally, the Daily Star returns to what it calls “psycho scumbag chatbots” saying an expert has told the paper they are “very likely” to wipe out entire populations.
