Mortgage payments, underperforming hospitals and toll rises are among the stories splashed across Friday's front pages.
The Irish Times and Irish Independent both report on rising mortgage repayments, even before the European Central Bank hiked rates in recent months. Permanent TSB is the latest Irish bank to up interest rates for mortgage customers.
Underperforming consultants and managers in some of the country's worst hospitals have been “targeted” in recent weeks and asked to account for their failures, the Irish Examiner reveals.
"Highway robbery" is how the Irish Daily Mail describes the rise in toll charges from January next year. Drivers on the M50 motorway in Dublin will see the toll increase by at least 20c.
The Irish Daily Mirror has the latest from the Regency Hotel murder trial at the Special Criminal Court.
The Irish Daily Star speaks to a father left "crippled" after a hit-and-run attack.
The Belfast Telegraph and The Irish News report on the delay of energy support payments to households in the North.
Tax rises, spending cuts and acknowledgement of a recession are the primary focus of the British papers.
The Independent, The Times and the Financial Times say the UK is headed for “years of pain”.
Independent digital front page: 'A grim few years ahead' #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/TsIrgqRu1r
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) November 17, 2022
The Times: Years of tax pain ahead. #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/2LNnk07XoD
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) November 17, 2022
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Friday 18 November https://t.co/bhvvYFjv4r pic.twitter.com/9mKtWtIvmK
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) November 17, 2022
The “UK’s lost decade” is front page of the i, with reports earnings will fall back to 2013 levels over the next two years.
Friday's front page: UK's lost decade #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/HXEYHC7Jpm
— i newspaper (@theipaper) November 17, 2022
Metro says: “You’ve never had it so bad.”
Tomorrow's Paper Today 📰
YOU'VE NEVER HAD IT SO BAD
🔴 Workers hammered with highest tax burden since WW2#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/z9C2fMpgQh— Metro (@MetroUK) November 17, 2022
The Daily Mirror calls it “carnage”, while comment on the front of The Daily Telegraph reads: “The rhetoric of Osborne… with the policies of Brown.”
Tomorrow's Paper Today:
💥CARNAGE
🔴Millions to feel deep pain after Tory hell Budget
🔴Energy bills & joblessness rise, house prices fall
🔴Drop in living standards is the worst since 1956
🔴Hunt and Sunak hail moves and shirk any blame#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/UoQ2RWmC3c— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) November 17, 2022
🚨 👇The front page of Friday's Daily Telegraph:
'The rhetoric of Osborne...with the policies of Brown' #TomorrowsPapersToday
🗞️ Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4OoUh6 pic.twitter.com/B3PEM5lJMN— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) November 18, 2022
The Guardian says its “from bad to worse”.
The Guardian: From bad to worse #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/d0zzc5QCcG
— George Mann 🫧⚒️🫧 (@sgfmann) November 17, 2022
The Daily Express claims victory for its campaign calling for a 10.1 per cent increase in the state pension.
Front page: Victory! Chancellor honours triple lock promise #TomorrowsPaperTodayhttps://t.co/okUHnk3JiH pic.twitter.com/tserPieLJc
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) November 17, 2022
Middle earners and “strivers” were hammered by the budget, according to the Daily Mail.
Friday’s @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/zlUsGsGjtx
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) November 17, 2022
Elsewhere, The Sun leads on the new Three Lions’ World Cup anthem.
Tomorrow's front page: Comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner unveil their new Christmas version of Three Lions ahead of the World Cup https://t.co/kAqDP5IwJI pic.twitter.com/RLxEV8VdPw
— The Sun (@TheSun) November 17, 2022
And the Daily Star continues with coverage of “the gimp”.
Friday's front page: Life's rubbery being a gimp #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/uih82KZTWT pic.twitter.com/EL3VS813DL
— Daily Star (@dailystar) November 17, 2022
