The final stages of the election campaign dominate Sunday’s front pages. The Observer carries a pledge from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to “relight the fire” of optimism among the British people if his party forms the next government. Writing for the paper, Sir Keir says the country has seen 14 years of the Conservatives “serving themselves” and that he would seek to restore the “bond of respect between people and politics”.
Labour plan to “hit the ground running” and launch a housebuilding blitz within days of gaining power, Sir Keir and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves have said in a joint interview with the Sunday Times. The paper says at least three housing announcements, including a local authority-led review of the green belt, are expected to be made within the first two weeks. Labour has pledged to build 1.5 million homes over the course of the next parliament. Ms Reeves is quoted saying there was an “urgency” about the issue because “we know that for kids like us today [from working-class backgrounds], some of those opportunities [to own a home] don’t exist”.
Speaking to the Sunday Telegraph, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claims Labour would “bankrupt people in every generation” through tax rises and make it harder for people to buy their first home, start a family, send their children to a fee-paying school, invest their savings, or leave an inheritance. “I’d say to everyone we’ve got four days to save the country from the danger of what a Labour government would mean,” he says.
The Mail on Sunday leads with a warning by the prime minister that Labour would “do irreversible damage within just 100 days of coming to power”. He cites the party’s plans to scrap the Rwanda asylum scheme, charge VAT on private school fees, and give the vote to under-16s.
The same warning leads the Sunday Express. The paper says Mr Sunak believes Labour would cause chaos in schools and make the UK the “soft touch migrant capital of the world”.
The Sunday Mirror with an endorsement of Labour. The front page is a collage of its own previous front pages reporting on scandals involving the government. It describes the time the Conservatives have been in power as “14 years of Tory chaos” and urges its readers to “be on the right side of history this time”.
And the Daily Star reports that celebrity fitness coach Mr Motivator has released a video sending “positive vibes” to the England team and fans ahead of Sunday’s Euros game against Slovakia. The headline reads: “How the hell can we lose now?”
