“Parliament recalled in bid to save British Steel” reads the headline across the Guardian, ahead of a rare Saturday sitting in Westminster. The front page gives a flavour of some of the main stories dominating Saturday’s papers, from “economic turbulence” as Donald Trump’s tariffs continue to spark reaction, to the news that cricketer Jimmy Anderson is set to be given a knighthood in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list.
The i Paper Weekend also splashes on the prime minister’s action on steel and touts a “battle to protect UK jobs”. The paper stays with UK politics, reporting that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is “likely to raise taxes in the autumn” according to leading economists.
The Financial Times focuses squarely on Donald Trump’s tariffs, with its Saturday edition leading on the Federal Reserve’s “absolute” readiness to intervene to stabilise the markets, according to an official from the US’s central bank. It also reports that tourism to the US from Europe as “fallen sharply” since Trump’s return to office.
The Times turns to another key issue for President Trump. The paper reports that his envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, says the country could be partitioned “almost like Berlin after World War Two” as part of a peace deal. But Kellogg says on social media that the article “misrepresents what I said”. The Times also covers Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list with the headline: “Arise, Sir Jimmy.”
But “rewards for cronies” is how the Daily Mirror brand the former prime minister’s honours list. It highlights several ex-Conservative ministers set to be given a seat in the House of Lords, which the paper describes as “rewards for failure”.
Meanwhile, the Duke of Sussex enjoys another day on the front pages after a busy week. The Daily Telegraph reports he has told them that his security in the UK was downgraded after he stopped being a working royal in order to “trap” him in the country. Prince Harry was in London this week to challenge a High Court ruling that upheld the change to his security level.
The Sun also leads on Prince Harry’s claims – branding them a “shock new attack on his own family”. The prince says his security was downgraded to stop him moving his family to the US, and that evidence presented during the hearing in London saw his “worst fears” confirmed.
Adding to the variety of Saturday’s front pages, the Daily Express reports on a woman in Surrey who was arrested after confiscating her children’s iPads. She was accused of stealing the devices by “‘absurd’ police,” according to the paper.
The Daily Mail leads on a story about the chief executive of NHS England, under the headline “sleeping on the job”. A spokesperson for the health body said Sir Jim Mackey was “laser focused on improving services for patients and making major savings for taxpayers”.
“The budgies smuggler” reads the eye-catching headline across the Daily Star’s front page. The paper reports on footage of a man stealing birds and hiding them in his trousers, shared by a “stunned pet-shop owner”.
The Guardian says the emergency parliamentary sitting to decide the immediate future of British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant is an unprecedented move which paves the way for nationalisation. It reports that senior sources believe bringing the company into public ownership is the likely outcome – a move which the GMB union said was the only way of saving the British steel industry.
The Times reports that US President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoyhas said the country could be split up like post-war Berlin. According to the paper,General Keith Kellogg suggestedRussia could occupy the East, with British and French adopting zones of control in the west as a “reassurance force”. Between them would be Ukrainian forces and a demilitarised zone. General Kellogg has said on social media that the article “misrepresents what I said”, adding he was “not referring to a partitioning”.
The Daily Telegraph reports that the Duke of Sussex believes a decision to downgrade the level of security he receives in the UK was intended to discourage him from leaving the country with his family.The paper says that he made the comments earlier this week while leaving the Royal Courts of Justice, where he was challenging an earlier ruling upholding the decision.
“Royals Tried to Trap Me” is the headline in the Sun, which calls it a “shock new attack” by Prince Harry on his own family.
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“Arise, Sir Jimmy” says the Times, as the cricketer is named in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list
The Daily Mail accuses the new interim chief executive of NHS England of running the health service from a train carriage, after he was photographed sleeping during his 300-mile commute from London to his home in Northumberland. NHS England says Sir Jim Mackey is “laser-focused” on improving services.
The Daily Telegraph says the Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police wants the law changed so that forces can discriminate in favour of ethnic minorities. The paper previously reported that the force had put a temporary block on hiring white candidates. John Robins argued in 2023 that a similar move after the Good Friday Agreement helped integrate Catholics into the police in Northern Ireland.
And several front pages carry photos of the cricketer James Anderson, who is set to receive a knighthood in former prime minister Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list. “Arise, Sir Jimmy,” says the Times.
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