'Tax squeeze backlash' and Clarkson's health scare

Jeremy Clarkson recently had to undergo emergency surgery

"Budget will place bigger burden on businesses" is the headline on the front of The Times. It says bosses have warned the Chancellor's plan to increase national insurance contributions by up to 2% for employers will limit growth and lead to lower wages. The paper says Rachel Reeves will argue in the budget that the money is needed to invest in the health service.

The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail say Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of stoking a "class war", after he indicated people who earn money from assets are not covered by Labour's pledge to protect working people from tax rises. The prime minister's spokesman is quoted in the Telegraph as saying Sir Keir was referring to people who "primarily" get their income from assets, and was not precluding people who have "a small amount of savings".

The "i" says there's been concern among Labour MPs about the government's messaging ahead of the budget. One of them tells the paper "they need to get the narrative right, because something has obviously gone wrong so far." But the Daily Mirror highlights a survey that suggests almost three quarters of all MPs want higher taxes to support public services. The study, by Tax Justice UK, asked 101 members. The campaign group's deputy director, Sarah Hall, says "we have a government and Parliament overwhelmingly in favour of higher taxes to fix services run down in the last decade."

The Guardian says the Treasury is poised to make changes to Universal Credit in the Budget, which will make "a million poor households better off". The paper says the government will lower the amount automatically deducted from the payments to cover debts, such as "rent and council tax arrears". Save the Children estimates it could allow single parents who claim Universal Credit, and are subject to reductions, to claw back 39 pounds more each month. A Whitehall source calls the plan a "down payment on poverty reduction".

Writing in the Daily Express, the shadow pensions secretary, Mel Stride, says "countless vulnerable pensioners" will miss out on fuel payments in time for the winter. He says even though they still qualify for the support under the new means-tested system, "one in five pension credit applications aren't being processed within a 10-week period". The government says those who meet the criteria will receive the payment.

The weekend edition of the Financial Times says the EU is bracing for the possibility of Donald Trump winning the US presidency, with the bloc's officials talking of "deep trouble". The European Council President, Charles Michel, warns a victory for Mr Trump would have a "huge impact in the short term for Europe".

A stern-looking Jeremy Clarkson appears on the front of The Sun. The TV presenter-turned-farmer says he's been told by doctors to cut out cigarettes, alcohol and meat, after having life-saving heart surgery. He tells the paper "when the grim reaper poked his nose round the door, I decided that actually, I quite fancied living a little bit longer". The broadcaster adds to achieve that he "must live on water and steamed fish, and exercise".

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