Newspaper headlines: 'Camilla to the rescue' and 'Budget falls flat'

The Guardian has seen figures that show private hospitals are carrying out one in 10 of all planned NHS operations in England. That is an increase of almost 50% since before the pandemic.

The paper says campaigners have warned that the health service is being "cannibalised" because years of underinvestment mean it can no longer provide care quickly. It also says the surge in private operations has prompted fears that a two-tier system is developing, with access to vital care increasingly dictated by the wealth of patients. NHS England says it is "working closely with private providers to maximise use of all available capacity for patients".

Scotland's first minister has been accused of a conflict of interest, according to the Telegraph after he overrode officials to donate £250,000 of taxpayers' money to the main UN aid agency in Gaza while his family was trapped in the warzone. Humza Yousaf is reported to have rejected advice to donate a smaller sum to the UN's children's agency, telling officials that since he was about to meet a delegation from UNRWA, "we should just announce an extra £250,000 to them".

A spokesman for Mr Yousaf says UNWRA had "no role" in the situation regarding his in-laws, and any suggestion of a conflict of interest is "completely untrue". But the Telegraph's leader column insists the first minister still "has questions to answer" and calls on him to "be fully transparent" about why he went against official advice.

Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar

The mothers of two students who were stabbed to death in Nottingham last year have told the Times they have lost faith in the justice system, after the killer avoided a murder trial. Valdo Calocane was given an indefinite hospital order for the manslaughters of Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber, as well as a school caretaker Ian Coates. In what the Times describes as an "emotional" first joint interview given to a newspaper, Dr Sinéad O'Malley-Kumar and Emma Webber say they have been failed by the police and prosecutors.

The Mail says four former Conservative defence secretaries have backed its demand for an immediate boost to spending on the Armed Forces. Sir Michael Fallon, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Sir Gavin Williamson and Lord Hammond have all joined the paper's "Don't Leave Britain Defenceless" campaign calling for spending to rise to a minimum of 2.5% of national income, so the UK can deter further Russian aggression and counter growing threats around the world. The Mail's leader column says the chancellor's failure to increase the defence budget in this week's Budget was "simply unforgivable". The government says it is spending a record amount on defence.

Theresa May's decision to stand down as an MP at the general election provokes reflections on her career from a number of papers. The Express says she was dealt a difficult hand with Brexit when she was prime minister, "but her integrity was never in question". The Mirror calls her time in Downing Street "wretched" but says "she has redeemed her reputation by being a diligent backbencher".

And the Sun praises Mrs May's dedicated public service over decades, including long after leaving No 10. "On that," it says, "she puts other PMs to shame."

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