What the papers say – May 21
The Saturday front pages feature royal generosity to refugees, a “fatcat Chancellor” and Brexit complications.
The Foreign Secretary tells The Daily Telegraph she wants to see Ukraine’s neighbour Moldova “equipped to Nato standard” to guard it against potential Russian aggression.
🗞️The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Truss: We'll give Moldova weapons to stop Putin'#TomorrowsPapersToday
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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) May 20, 2022
The Daily Express says the royal family are providing accommodation to Ukrainian families who have been forced to flee their homeland.
Front page: Royal Family secretly house refugees #TomorrowsPapersToday
Rishi and his wife's millions: https://t.co/wcz3TUJXxE pic.twitter.com/AyWo5eUp6f
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) May 20, 2022
Returning to Liz Truss and The Independent reports the Foreign Secretary will meet with a top Democrat on Saturday as tensions mount over the UK’s controversial plans to overwrite parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Our front page tomorrow #TomorrowsPapersToday @adamtomforrest on tomorrow’s Protocol talks, @KimSengupta07 in the Ukrainian village the Russians don’t want to give up, and @Nadine_Writes on lessons for the royals from their tours pic.twitter.com/CodK3XmEmI
— Alastair Jamieson (@alastairjam) May 20, 2022
The i weekend has the Prime Minister and Chancellor facing a Cabinet revolt over their failure to commit to a “consistent message on the economy”, with the Daily Mail reporting a poll which shows Boris Johnson must handle the rising cost of living or lose the next election.
Johnson and Sunak face new Cabinet mutiny over cost of living. This weekend’s @theipaper front page #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers #skypapers pic.twitter.com/jsPYlAvCE3
— Tim Alden (@timaldi) May 20, 2022
Saturday’s Daily Mail: Fix cost of living crunch or lose election #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/IdE30TZFKt
— Helena Wilkinson (@BBCHelena) May 20, 2022
The Daily Mirror calls Rishi Sunak the “fatcat Chancellor” as it says he and his wife Akshata Murty have made The Sunday Times Rich List – or, as the Daily Star refers to it, the Rish list – with a £730 million fortune.
Tomorrow's front page: Rishi's riches #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/lNrhvpl29z pic.twitter.com/w6pu2Sd5t4
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) May 20, 2022
Saturday's front page: The Rish List 💰 🤑 https://t.co/k4aTirHkZ5#tomorrowspapertoday pic.twitter.com/zJFYcIb50a
— Daily Star (@dailystar) May 20, 2022
The Guardian reports police leaders are set to apologise and say they are “ashamed” of alleged “discrimination and bias” within their ranks.
Guardian front page, Saturday 21 May 2022: Revealed: police chiefs to apologise for racism pic.twitter.com/CJtjuTTFuz
— The Guardian (@guardian) May 20, 2022
Wall Street slumped into a “bear market” – in which benchmark indices drop 20% or more from a recent high – on Friday as fears over economic growth and inflation sparked a sell-off, according to FT Weekend.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times UK edition Saturday May 21 https://t.co/Kfpr2amH06 pic.twitter.com/9TY5xdWZWI
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) May 20, 2022
And The Sun says a Yorkshire father-of-two has left his partner for a Ukrainian refugee the pair took in.
On tomorrow's front page: 'I took in a Ukrainian refugee to live with my wife and me then ran off with her after two weeks – we're in love' https://t.co/qKey2dKthG pic.twitter.com/gRquI9tWkk
— The Sun (@TheSun) May 20, 2022