'Tory gender laws vow' and 'Brave Rob Burrow'

A number of papers lead on the Conservative party's pledge to change the Equality Act.

The Sun calls it: "A law to put women first in sport." Its editorial says the change would be a "badly needed protection for female athletes". "Sex is a fact of biology" is the headline in the Daily Mail. The Daily Telegraph says the proposals are an attempt to draw a "clear dividing line with Labour". The Times calls the plan a "Tory vow to end abuse of gender laws by predators". The minister for women and equalities, Kemi Badenoch, has written a comment piece for the paper. In it, she says that public authorities and regulatory bodies are "confused about what the law says and what to do -- often for fear of being accused of transphobia."

"Labour to shine light on Sunak's hedge fund" says the Guardian. It explains the party is taking aim at Rishi Sunak's previous career in finance, specifically his time at a hedge fund, which it says engineered a deal at the heart of the financial crisis. A Conservative spokesperson tells the paper the attack is "not correct" and that "the Labour party created the banking crisis".

The "i" has spoken to EU insiders, who say Labour's plan to strike a "softer Brexit deal" if it wins power are "too ambitious". Sources tell the paper that the party's expectations of a closer economic relationship, without any further legal ties, are "unrealistic". A spokesperson for Labour is quoted as saying that the final agreement "would of course be subject to negotiations".

The Guardian says care agencies have been accused of exploiting foreign workers. The paper has spoken to dozens of people working for 11 providers, who say they paid thousands of pounds to agents to secure jobs in the UK, but in many cases ended up with no work, or far less pay than they were promised. The Home Office responded by saying that it prevents overseas care workers from entering the UK without genuine roles or fair pay.

Several papers report on figures that suggest there has been a surge in people under the age of fifty being diagnosed with cancer. The Daily Mail says scientists believe the rise could be linked to ultra-processed food. The Daily Mirror says "unhealthy lifestyles, an obesity epidemic and poor gut health are feared to be fuelling an explosion of early onset cancer".

Tributes to the rugby league legend Rob Burrow feature across many of the papers. "He inspired the nation" says the Daily Express, alongside a picture of him smiling in his wheelchair after being made an MBE. The Telegraph says he "transcended" his sport in his "battle to raise awareness" of Motor Neurone Disease. For the Times, that campaigning made him a "national figure of extraordinary significance". The Daily Star's front page shows him before his diagnosis, charging on the pitch with a rugby ball under his arm. The headline calls him "the bravest man in Britain."

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