'300m NHS records stolen' and Rowling attacks Labour

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The front pages of the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph have reaction to Nigel Farage's comments about the West provoking President Vladimir Putin into invading Ukraine.

Former Conservative defence minister Tobias Ellwood tells the Telegraph that "Churchill will be turning in his grave". , external

Nato's former deputy supreme commander in Europe, General Sir Richard Shirreff, tells the Daily Mail that the Reform UK leader is "absolutely a danger to national security". , external

The Sun highlights a poll it has commissioned, external which suggests that Mr Farage is set to win the seat he is contesting in Clacton, on the Essex coast.

Mr Farage uses an article in the Daily Express to attack Labour's plan, external to repeal a law which offers a conditional amnesty for crimes committed during the Troubles. He asks how Labour can claim to be "the party of national security" when it is set to "abolish the law that protects our Northern Ireland veterans from being prosecuted". There's no direct response to the article from Labour.

The Times leads with comments by JK Rowling accusing, external Labour Leader Keir Starmer of "abandoning" women who are concerned about transgender issues. In an article for the paper, she suggests she may vote for an independent candidate in her constituency who is campaigning to "clarify the Equality Act".

The Guardian says Labour is considering wealth taxes, external to fund public services, if it wins the general election. The paper says changes to capital gains and inheritance taxes are among the options being discussed.

A senior party source is quoted as saying that Labour would be "starting from ground zero" with public services and infrastructure. They say the party would need to show investors that they are "serious about borrowing and raising revenue from taxes". But a Labour spokesperson insists none of the party's plans "requires any additional tax to be increased".

"Rich foreigners turn away from UK", external is the headline on the front of the FT Weekend. It says an increasing number are moving elsewhere because of the end of the "non-dom" regime that allowed them to avoid paying tax on overseas income - a change backed by both Labour and the Conservatives.

The Daily Mirror says one of Stephen Lawrence's murderers, David Norris, has applied for parole, external, as his minimum 14 year prison term comes to an end.

Stephen's father Neville Lawrence has told the paper he's written a statement that he hopes to read out at the parole hearing. He's quoted as saying that Norris "needs to say to the family he is sorry" and that "he should say who else was involved" in the killing.

And a picture of a man holding a 5ft 2in-long (1.6m) cod features in the Daily Mail. The paper says the fish could break the record for the longest cod ever, external. The paper dubs the British angler who made the catch "the Codfather" and says the fish could feed "180 people".

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