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'England's golden boy' Kane and 'Time to pay fair'

The headline on the front page of the Times reads: “Chancellor will boost minimum wage by 4%”.
Many of the papers on Tuesday consider what will be included in Chancellor John Healey's first Budget. The front page of Times reads: "Chancellor will boost minimum wage by 4%". The paper reports that the national living wage, which applies to those 21 and over, and the national minimum wage, which applies to those aged 18 to 21, will both increase by 3.9%. "England's golden boy" Harry Kane also features on the front page, pictured holding the men's Ballon d'Or award.
The headline on the front page of the Mirror reads: “It's time to pay fair”.
The reported increase in the minimum wage also makes the front page of the Mirror, which also makes a plea to the chancellor on the issue of a windfall tax.
The headline on the front page of the Express reads: “We need £200m a year to fix end of life care”.
The Daily Express says end-of-life care bosses want the Budget to include funding for a "once-in-a-generation boost for services". Marie Curie, Sue Ryder and Hospice UK are among the groups asking for a £200m annual injection to "give more families proper care and support".
The headline on the front page of the Guardian reads: “'Cliff edge' rule to be scrapped in wake of carer's allowance scandal”.
The Guardian says the Budget will see the controversial "cliff-edge" rule abolished, reporting that the chancellor will announce a new digital taper system for the so-called carer's allowance.
The headline on the front page of the i Paper reads: “Cabinet anger after Burnham opens door to EU free movement”.
The i Paper is one of several that considers Andy Burnham's position on Brexit. It says the prime minister has sparked a "cabinet backlash" after calling for a debate about a return to freedom of movement with the EU, with some senior ministers reported to be "angry at being blindsided".
The headline on the front page of the Independent reads: “Burnham blames Brexit for small boats crisis”.
"Burnham blames Brexit for small boats crisis" declares the Independent. Burnham has warned the UK has "weaker control" over immigration since leaving the EU, the Independent says, but notes that the prime minister has ruled out a return to free movement "without another referendum".
The headline on the front page of the Daily Mail reads: “PM's new foot in mouth Brexit blunder”.
The Daily Mail says that the prime minister has previously warned that the free movement of people across borders should "never be revived". The paper says a spokesperson for No 10 has had to "row back" on his comments.
The headline on the front page of the Daily Telegraph reads: “Labour 'falsified' defence spending”.
Former Defence Secretary Sir Ben Wallace has accused the government of artificially inflating its defence budget, according to the Daily Telegraph. Wallace says the budget will include billions of pounds in intelligence spending, which the paper says contradicts rules from Nato that stipulate funding for security services do not qualify as defence expenditure.
The headline on the front page of the Financial Times reads: “Anthropic sets IPO stage with giant filing on goals and risks”.
The Financial Times focuses on Anthropic, and what it says is set to be one of the largest ever initial public offerings. The IPO will be the biggest test to date of "investor appetite for the AI boom", the paper reports.
The headline on the front page of the Sun reads: “Jesy's jungle u-turn for sick twins”.
Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson is pictured on the front page of the Sun, which says she will no longer be appearing on the next series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! This is due to her wanting to spend as much time as possible in caring for her twin daughters, who suffer from a muscle-wasting condition, the paper reports.
The headline on the front page of the Metro reads: “Tequila slammer”.
The Metro reports on the case of US singer Chris Brown, who has avoided jail after striking a man twice in the head with a glass tequila bottle in a London nightclub.
The headline on the front page of the Daily Star reads: “Liz leafs Daily Star out of her book”.
Former prime minister Liz Truss is releasing a new book, the Daily Star reports, noting that it does not include a reference to the publication's infamous joke about an iceberg lettuce and the length of time the Conservative politician spent in office.

Several of the papers lead on measures that are expected to be in the Budget.

The Guardian says Chancellor John Healey will scrap what's seen as the cliff-edge rule for unpaid carers. Currently they have to forfeit their entire week's carers' allowance - of more than £86 - if they earn just one penny above £204 in that week. The paper says that under the new rules, only £1 will be removed from the allowance for every £1 above the earning limit.

On its front page the Times says Healey will announce plans to increase the minimum wage by nearly 4% for workers aged 21 and over, but not for those aged 18 to 21. The paper says that, in effect, spells the end for Labour's manifesto pledge to bring the minimum wage for younger people in line with that for older workers.

The Daily Mirror highlights a call by trade unions for higher taxes on banks. The paper says bosses running Britain's big four banks take just two days to earn what a typical worker makes in a whole year. But the Daily Mail says raising taxes on banks would be "a folly in the extreme," because "for all their faults" the banks drive the economy, and if you tax them more heavily you punish every corporation and every small and medium-sized enterprise in the country.

Charities providing end-of-life care have told the Daily Express that Healey should announce a £200m annual injection for their sector. The paper says almost six-in-10 hospices in England have either made or are considering cuts to frontline services.

According to the i Paper, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmoud is furious at Andy Burnham because members of the cabinet were not warned before he called for a debate about a return to freedom of movement with the EU. A government source told the paper the Prime Minister's comments had undermined Mahmood's strategy to reduce immigration. The Sun says restoring freedom of movement would be a catastrophe for getting the jobless back into work, for wages, public services and social cohesion.

And the Daily Telegraph reports that guidance has been issued for teachers to help them uncover essays written by artificial intelligence. The document lists dozens of words, phrases and stylistic features - such as "delve," "catalyst," and "in conclusion" - which, it says, could indicate use of AI tools, if they appear frequently.

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