Tuesday's front pages focus on the Government's cost of living budget as they plan for cuts to childcare cost and a robust welfare package.
The Irish Times lead with a piece about the Government's efforts to offset the cost of living, with sources telling the paper that Coalition party leaders are resolved to hold the line o further expenditure measures until October's budget.
The Irish Examiner lead with a piece about an increase in car thefts, with thieves particularly targeting Japanese imports.
The Echo focus on a planned overhaul to Cork's bus network with new routes going to places that have never been reached before.
The Irish Daily Mail lead with a piece about the impact of price caps on childcare and how many businesses could shut down if the Government implement cuts.
Now creches threaten to strike over planned 'fees freeze'.
For all this plus your fantastic weekly Good Health pullout, pick up a copy of Thursday's Irish Daily Mail, or click on https://t.co/7yQSg4dmA7 pic.twitter.com/1qSlCehIsC— The Irish Daily Mail (@irishdailymail) June 21, 2022
The Irish Sun lead with a piece about a hit-and-run on a taxi in Finglas as they were looking to take out young mobster Mr Flashy.
Today's Irish Sun. pic.twitter.com/ncCu7OwgZo
— The Irish Sun (@IrishSunOnline) June 21, 2022
The Belfast Telegraph lead on a picture of an employee at Muckamore Abbey Hospitald dressed as a superhero. The hospital is at the centre of a scandal around abuse allegations.
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Here's a look at the front page of the Belfast Telegraph this morninghttps://t.co/3AlGJmrP8Y#Tellitlikeitis pic.twitter.com/nhnFsOq9r6— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) June 21, 2022
In the UK, the front pages are again dominated by Britain’s “biggest rail shutdown in 30 years” which begins today and will see “millions of passengers’ journeys disrupted”.
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) has accused ministers of preventing the resolution of the dispute by blocking Network Rail and train operating companies from negotiating freely on pay, jobs and conditions, The Independent says.
Tuesday’s INDEPENDENT Digital: “Union blames ministers for blocking rail pay deal” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/u6w7JqwaWG
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) June 20, 2022
The Guardian reports the UK Prime Minister has inflamed industrial action by allowing firms to bring in agency staff, a move unions have decried as “unworkable, unsafe and potentially breaking international law”.
Guardian front page, Tuesday 21 June 2022: PM inflames rail dispute with strike-breaker threat pic.twitter.com/UG84mL1qPM
— The Guardian (@guardian) June 20, 2022
The Daily Telegraph’s rail strike coverage leads with Boris Johnson accusing the trade unions of “harming the very people they claim to be helping” as he rejected demands for a pay rise of at least seven per cent.
📰The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'PM: Unions harming those they are meant to help'#TomorrowsPapersToday
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The Daily Express also focuses on Johnson's response to the unions, with his call for “sensible” pay deals and “compromise for (the) good of (the) British people”.
Tuesday's front page: Boris - Time for 'sensible' pay deals to ease cost crisis #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/1Z8oGzuxKQ
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) June 20, 2022
“Union barons will force towns and cities into ‘lockdown’ and cost business firms £1 billion this week,” the Daily Mail says business leaders have warned.
Tuesday’s @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/lxfj6cBpIF
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) June 20, 2022
“It’s all going a bit loco,” Metro says of the strike as “mayhem for commuters” begins today.
Tomorrow's Paper Today 📰
🔴 It's all going a bit loco
🔴 Mayhem for commuters as rail strikes start today #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/WBMwYcUKFv— Metro (@MetroUK) June 20, 2022
The Daily Mirror levels the blame for the “travel chaos” on UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps after he “snubbed late talks to stop the strikes”.
Tomorrow's front page: Planes, trains, automobiles #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/2F4svmEMCf pic.twitter.com/gGWgE8v5B1
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) June 20, 2022
The Daily Star adds that the UK’s “worst strikes for 30 years” have been exacerbated by Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab being put temporarily “in charge of the country” while Mr Johnson recovers from a minor sinus operation.
Tuesday's front page: 🚆😠https://t.co/gUb1yUJ9A1#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/LYrYXfu0Wr
— Daily Star (@dailystar) June 20, 2022
The Financial Times reports that the head of the UK Trades Union Congress has warned that workers in other industries will also be considering strike action, with some experiencing “10 years of wages stagnating or being cut”.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Tuesday 21 June https://t.co/vqqBAjhhzZ pic.twitter.com/ZvUhWtKxmj
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) June 20, 2022
Also carrying the strike, The Times writes that exams, medical treatment, business and the Glastonbury Festival will all be disrupted this week after the rail union rejected a three per cent “no strings” pay rise for staff.
Tuesday’s TIMES: “Britain runs into the buffers” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/budKDIPDZd
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) June 20, 2022
Elsewhere, the i carries an exclusive claiming a leaked letter from the Johnson’s chief of staff to Rishi Sunak has revealed a plan for “deregulatory measures to reduce the overall burden on business” in a bid to show overseas companies the “benefits of Brexit”.
Tuesday’s i - “No 10 plans to tear up the limits on City bosses’ pay” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Mjrkt38XfQ
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) June 20, 2022
And The Sun says EastEnders star Jessie Wallace has been arrested for kneeing a police officer in the groin during “a rant in a drunken bust-up outside a nightclub”.
Tomorrow's front page: EastEnders star Jessie Wallace arrested for kneeing a police officer in the groin during a rant in a drunken bust-up outside a nightclub https://t.co/j2ncZWyuEH pic.twitter.com/DTMMYgIVdE
— The Sun (@TheSun) June 20, 2022
