Newspaper headlines: 'Kate's brave face' and 'biggest NHS strikes ever'

The Times leads with claims that the south-east of England will receive more regeneration money than the North East, Yorkshire and the West Midlands. MPs in the so-called "red wall areas" tell the paper the government is "making a mockery" of levelling up. It quotes one unnamed Tory MP as saying "people are apoplectic".

The Daily Telegraph's main news is scathing criticism of the government from businessman Sir James Dyson, founder of the Dyson technology empire. In an article for the paper, he calls Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's economic approach "short-sighted" and "stupid", and says it is keeping Britain in a state of "Covid inertia". He also warns that "growth has become a dirty word" and criticises business regulations and taxes. The Telegraph says the Treasury believes the best way to trigger growth is to bring down inflation.

Government policy is also the focus of the Daily Mail, which carries a warning from Conservative MPs to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt that he must cut taxes in his upcoming Spring Budget or risk "costing his party the next election". The paper reports that Tory MPs were alarmed yesterday when Treasury insiders confirmed there were no proposals for tax cuts on 15 March, when the announcement is due to take place.

Tory MP Simon Clarke is under fire after suggesting nurses striking for better pay should budget their money better

The Guardian looks ahead to further disruption facing the NHS next month when nurses and ambulance staff in England and Wales take part in what it calls an "unprecedented" joint strike. A senior NHS leader warns the paper that hospitals will "grind to a halt" as doctors and nurses from other departments are deployed to provide emergency cover in the relevant departments.

The Daily Mirror's front page points to a Conservative MP who accused nurses using foodbanks of "not budgeting properly". The paper calls Simon Clarke's remarks "crass" and says they have been branded "disgusting and out of touch" by the nursing union, the RCN.

The i leads on what it calls the "pre-pay meter scandal" and says energy firms are being given the right to force entry into people's homes to install the devices in more than 99% of court applications. The paper says it means the poorest families are helpless to stop higher bills or the threat of being cut off. It adds that data shows more than half a million applications have been approved, and barely any refused.

And the Sun has spoken to the prankster who managed to interrupt a live Match of the Day broadcast with the sound of sex noises. Daniel Jarvis said he and a pal followed a TV crew into the Wolves stadium a day before the match and taped a mobile phone to a wall on the set. The paper's front page poses three questions for the presenter, Gary Lineker - to which the answers, in increasingly large font, are yes, yes, YES.