What the newspapers say – January 1

Hospital patients in danger and an attempt to protect pubs make headlines.

“Patients die before they get a bed,” the newspaper headlines Sunday Peoplestating that NHS doctors have criticized the government for the “Dickensian” crisis in hospitals.

Meanwhile, the Daily Express reports that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised “better times ahead” for Britain.

There’s new hope for the Tories at the polls as a third of voters on key battlegrounds remain undecided, according to The Sunday times.

The Sunday Telegraph reports that two nuclear power plants in the UK may be forced to close after their French owner complained about Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s windfall tax.

A royal aide who asked a black British charity boss where she was ‘really from’ at a reception at Buckingham Palace will be invited to the king’s coronation, says the Sunday mirror.

Campaigners warn TBEN that hundreds of thousands of people with dementia are at risk of missing treatment after diagnosis rates plummet during the pandemic.

And TBEN Sunday invites its readers to join the so-called “Wet January” by visiting pubs to keep them open.