The Taoiseach confirming the general election will take place this year and primary schools forced to hire unqualified teachers make the front pages of Monday's papers.
The Irish Times leads with comments from the Taoiseach that the general election will take place before the year ends.
The Irish Examiner leads with a report which reveals there are almost 1,000 vacancies in primary schools, leading to unqualified people taking up teaching positions.
The Echo reveals there are 3,000 homes left in limbo in Cork as Cork County Council have not been taken charge from private developers.
The Irish Independent leads with the number of Fine Gael TDs who are not running in the upcoming general election.
The Belfast Telegraph leads with a powerful photo of the number of women who have been murdered in the North since 2007.
The Irish Daily Mail leads with the commuter belt hit the hardest from the report on school vacancies across the country.
The Irish Daily Mirror reveals gardaí are set to start a dig this week for a missing eight-year-old boy who is missing and presumed dead.
The Irish Daily Star leads with plans for Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch to run in the general election in Dublin.
British papers
Labour’s domestic policy plans dominate Monday’s front pages.
The Guardian splashes on Health Secretary West Streeting’s plans to unveil plans for portable medical records, allowing every NHS patient to have their information stored digitally.
GUARDIAN; Labour wants NHS ‘passports’ #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/xgAXArhI8j
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) October 20, 2024
According to the Independent, fears have been raised that Mr Streeting’s “inflation-busting funding deal” will not be enough to fund ambitious health system reforms.
INDEPENDENT: Health experts say Budget plan not enough to fix NHS #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/7wiT26e0q3
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) October 20, 2024
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been warned that planned changes to inheritance tax could increase bureaucracy for grieving families and may not raise money, the Daily Telegraph reports.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Reeves is warned changes to IHT will backfire'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4OoUh6 pic.twitter.com/y0yZjHJMha— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) October 20, 2024
The Times leads on plans from Housing Secretary Angel Raynor, who reportedly plans to double council house building after securing a budget funding boost.
THE TIMES: Rayner sets up ‘council housing revolution’ #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/C32mcISthY
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) October 20, 2024
The Daily Mail claims a new report has indicated “hundreds of thousands” of people could die from asbestos exposure in British schools.
MAIL: ‘Tsunami’ of asbestos deaths in schools #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/zfxZR568SB
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) October 20, 2024
The Daily Express‘ front page says cuts to winter fuel payments will result in 84% of pensioners with a long-term health condition missing out.
Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #DailyExpress
84% of disabled pensioners will loose winter payments
Discover more newspapers by visiting our website @ https://t.co/BZkqOxi6ay #buyanewspaper #buyapaper #pressfreedom #journalist pic.twitter.com/y52i6CPzHU— #TomorrowsPapersToday @ The TSC News Channel (@channel_tsc) October 20, 2024
A former defence minister has revealed Britain would be “unable to cope” with missile attacks due to a “significant capability gap”, the i reports.
Monday's front page: UK air defences unable to cope with missile attack, former minister warns#TomorrowsPapersToday
Latest from @janemerrick23 pic.twitter.com/01mxddcbhg— The i paper (@theipaper) October 20, 2024
Metro splashes on reports almost one in five have been the victim of a financial scam in the last year.
METRO: 9 Million of us scammed #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ca2MTrvrBo
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) October 20, 2024
The Daily Mirror splashes on the King’s message to the newspaper’s Pride of Britain winners, telling them they “represent the very best in our society”.
Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #DailyMirror
Charles - you are the best of us
Discover more newspapers by visiting our website @ https://t.co/BZkqOxi6ay #buyanewspaper #buyapaper #pressfreedom #journalist pic.twitter.com/E78DWXhoaw— #TomorrowsPapersToday @ The TSC News Channel (@channel_tsc) October 20, 2024
The Financial Times front page reports businesses and households in major economies are struggling to bounce back from an era of high inflation, impacting growth prospects.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, international edition, October 21 https://t.co/xdjPLPFd8i pic.twitter.com/7YWA8p1p34
— Financial Times (@FT) October 20, 2024
Lastly, the Daily Star says a horde of European beetles have been eating their way through Christmas trees.
Monday’s front page: Invasion of the killer Grinches#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/5J2tH0QyOn pic.twitter.com/eRpif0fndi
— Daily Star (@dailystar) October 20, 2024
