Boris Johnson, Meat Loaf and Covid-19 are among the topics splashed across the nation’s papers.
The Times says Boris Johnson has “reinstated” the leadership team, including education secretary Grant Shapps, that helped get him elected in 2019 to manoeuvre around an “inevitable” no-confidence vote.
TIMES: PM beefs up top team as leadership fears mount #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/aUzQZmtgaj
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 21, 2022
The Guardian runs with pressure on Mr Johnson to release evidence alongside the findings of Sue Gray’s inquiry after it became known that the report would likely “amount to no more than a concise summary of findings”.
Guardian front page, Saturday 22 January 2022: Show us all the evidence on No 10 parties, Johnson told pic.twitter.com/H3F1n9esul
— The Guardian (@guardian) January 21, 2022
The Independent splashes comments from Tory peer Lord Robert Hayward that Mr Johnson’s brand has been “permanently damaged”.
INDEPENDENT DIGITAL: Brand Boris ‘damaged permanently’ by scandal #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ig9snAHXtm
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 21, 2022
Tributes to Meat Loaf, and a report he died of Covid, take top bill on Saturday’s Daily Mirror.
Tomorrow’s front page: Meat Loaf dies of Covid #tomorrowspaperstoday https://t.co/C0IlYts1iM pic.twitter.com/X9LFx7Aix4
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) January 21, 2022
The Daily Telegraph reports the Attorney General is seeking an injunction against the BBC, claiming the broadcaster’s reporting will identify a British spy working overseas.
The front page of tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph:
‘Government seeks to gag BBC over spy story’#TomorrowsPapersToday
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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 21, 2022
The Government is “actively” considering a pause to mandatory Covid-19 vaccines for NHS workers, according to i weekend.
I WEEKEND: NHS jabs rule faces U-turn to save 70,000 staff from sack #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/BnE8V2eQ45
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 21, 2022
FT Weekend leads with tumbling shares and a 40 billion dollar (£29 billion) drop in value for Netflix as trading opened on Friday.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times UK edition Saturday January 22 https://t.co/ZKJ7jXOrnu pic.twitter.com/UEjNOm04VQ
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) January 21, 2022
A rise in national insurance due in April should be “spiked” according to MPs and business owners on the front page of the Daily Mail.
Saturday’s @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/MBeFWJPx6g
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) January 21, 2022
A new drug targeting both Covid and the flu could be a “wonder pill” according to a report on the front of Saturday’s Daily Express.
Front page: Wonder pill to fight Covid and flu. #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/zUGfSvXVD0
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) January 21, 2022
And the Daily Star says Vladimir Putin’s “warmongering has frightened off aliens from visiting Earth”.
Tomorrow’s front page: It’s intergalactic geopolitics, Jim, but not as we know it…#tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/YKnIEy4ApB pic.twitter.com/Y68DmDEyD2
— Daily Star (@dailystar) January 21, 2022