'England pick German' and 'Taylorgate' for Starmer

Thomas Tuchel has been named as head coach of the England men's football team

The Financial Times has more on the chancellor's identification of a £40bn funding gap ahead of the budget.  The paper says the figure represents the amount of extra money government departments will need if they're to avoid real-terms spending cuts this year.  It says it's required partly to build up a buffer against future financial shocks for the remainder of the parliament. The paper says the funding gap could be reduced if the Office for Budget Responsibility produces more optimistic forecasts in the run-up to the budget.

An unnamed Labour MP has told the I that the chancellor's potential national insurance increase later this month will mean "small businesses won't hire and that these places will fold". While the Daily Telegraph has reported comments made by Rachel Reeves two years ago, in which she said of the then-government's plan to increase employers' national insurance as "the worst possible tax rise at the worst possible time". In its editorial, The Times says increased costs for businesses will lead them to "scale back programmes for investment and hiring, and restrict pay offers to their employees".

The Guardian says Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his wife met the singer Taylor Swift backstage at one of her Wembley Eras tour concerts in August. The paper has been told there was no discussion of the police motorcycle convoy that accompanied her to five of the shows, and No 10 has denied that the tickets were given to the prime minister as a thank you for the escort. The Express reports that Sir Keir and his wife spoke to the singer and her mother for around ten minutes.

The Conservative leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch has a stark warning for the party membership, in an interview with The Telegraph. She tells the paper the party will cease to exist, should the wrong candidate be elected; "if we get this wrong, there's not going to be a party. There's no second chance... this endless tossing out of leaders as if they're just disposable has been one of the things that has damaged the party brand."

The Times praises the virtues of what health researchers call the "micro walk", saying a study has shown springing up from a sedentary position to walk even short distances can make a surprisingly large difference to the amount of calories people burn. Scientists also found breaking a walk into stints of ten to thirty seconds - with breaks in between - uses 60% more energy than tackling a distance in one go.

Images of Thomas Tuchel feature on many of the front pages - and all of the back pages - after he agreed a deal to become the next England manager.  The Telegraph shows the German wearing lederhosen and holding a stein of beer. The Sun's headline reads "fussball kommt nacht hause" - German for "football's coming home". The Mirror calls him "the new Kaiser chief". The Daily Mail says it's a "dark day for English football". "We are the laughing stock of the world, it says, calling the appointment a "blind leap of faith on a man who may be more trouble than he is worth". The Daily Star is more sanguine, saying "at least we'll be sure to win the penalties".

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