‘Surprise surge’ for France’s left, and Reeves to unveil housing plans

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‘Surprise surge’ for France’s left, and Reeves to unveil housing plans

The Guardian leads on Sunday’s French parliamentary elections, which saw a surprise surge for France’s left-wing alliance as it pushes the country’s far right into third place. The paper pictures crowds celebrating in Nantes after exit polls suggest no single political group won an absolute majority.

The Financial Times describes the country as being in limbo over its next government. If final voting tallies are confirmed, the paper adds, then none of the three main political blocs will have a governing majority, “potentially leaving France in political gridlock”.

The Daily Telegraph says France’s election results were a “shock defeat for Le Pen”, whose party trailed behind “at the hands of the hard left and Emmanuel Macron” after the electorate “turned out in force to keep her party from power”. The paper turns to the Labour government’s overhaul of planning rules to meet the party’s pledge to build 1.5 million homes in five years. It says Chancellor Rachel Reeves will overturn the Tories’ decision to water down housing targets.

The Times also focuses on the chancellor’s housing plans, reporting that Ms Reeves will outline to business leaders the first steps the new government has taken “to fix the foundations of our economy, so we can rebuild Britain and make every part of our country better off”. The paper pictures an injured Emma Raducanu, who was knocked out of Wimbledon after hurting her back and ankle in a fall.

The Daily Mail leads on Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s plans to “rip up rules” on planning as the new government looks to boost economic growth while making “difficult decisions”. The paper looks ahead to the new chancellor’s first major speech on Monday, which the paper says will see ministers “begin work on controversial plans to weaken protections”.

The Daily Mirror pictures Ms Reeves as it also looks ahead to the new chancellor’s speech where she will vow to “urgently deliver an economy that improves all our lives”. The paper says she will claim the Tories left public services £58bn short “by failing to boost growth”.

In its Monday edition, the i newspaper says a clash between the *** and the EU is looming, despite Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s ambition for a closer relationship with the bloc. A ******* diplomatic source tells the paper easier mobility for young people is a key priority for the EU. But, the paper reports, free movement is not on the table for the new Labour government.

In its front page, the Metro leads on Rob Burrow’s “hero’s send-off” after crowds of mourners gathered to say their final goodbye to the rugby star and motor neurone ******** campaigner. His ******** took place on Sunday, after the former Leeds Rhinos star ***** on 2 June, aged 41.

“Drink’ll shrinkle winkle” is the Daily Star’s lead as it carries a report warning men to “lay off the holiday ***** to stop their winkles shrinking”.

Many of Monday’s front pages focus on what Rachel Reeves is expected to say in her first speech as chancellor.

The Daily Mail says she will

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to bring back mandatory housebuilding targets will raise fears the party will “push councils to build on green belt land”.

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on its front page, with the headline: “Homes on green belt in new dash for growth”.

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shares in house-building companies rose after Labour’s election win, in anticipation of bold action from the new government.

The i newspaper believes

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with the EU over migration. A ******* diplomatic source tells the paper that easier mobility for young people is a key priority for the bloc.

However, the article says Labour has ruled out free movement, and that the “party is reluctant to increase youth migration”.

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says “increasing mobility could take the new government into some difficult areas”.

The paper says that while the bloc would welcome Britain back into the Erasmus student exchange scheme, the £135m a year cost was seen by the previous ************* government as “prohibitively high”.

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who have served as little as 40% of their sentence is among the options being considered by Labour to address overcrowding in jails.

A prison service source is quoted by the paper as saying the proposal “feels like the only measure that buys time” with reports prisons could run out of spaces within weeks.

The article does not carry a direct response from ministers, but says no final decision has been taken and the matter will have to be agreed by the Cabinet.

The Daily Express uses its front page to lay out its own priorities for the new government. The paper, which is often critical of Labour, has

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. They include supporting women’s rights, saving high streets and protecting the countryside.

The ************* MP, Esther McVey, tells the paper her party colleagues should “get behind” the proposals, and stop what she calls the “circular ******* squads” within the party.

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Several of the front pages react to the French parliamentary election.

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of people in Nantes celebrating projections that a left-wing bloc is on course to come first.

The Times says the country has been

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after the coalition “fell short of an absolute majority”.

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the election leaves the “EU’s second-largest economy in limbo”.

And the Sun reveals that the new defence secretary, John Healey, was

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during his first official visit to Ukraine.

The threat of a cruise missile ******* happened during his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. It was, the paper notes, an “unusual ****** course for any British politician in the second day in the job”.

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