The news that police officer Martyn Blake has been cleared of the murder of Chris Kaba, who was shot during a police stop in south London in 2022, leads many of the papers. At the time of the incident, Mr Kaba was unarmed.
“Gun cop cleared” is the headline in the Daily Mirror, external. “Cleared in three hours”, says the Sun, external, which highlights what it calls the “police’s fury” at the murder trial.
The Daily Telegraph, external says the Crown Prosecution Service is “under fire” from both Scotland Yard and MPs, who are asking why Martyn Blake was charged in the first place.
The Times, external says there is “anger on all sides”, with a police source telling the paper that, if prosecutors are “trying to make an example of someone”, no one will want to work as a firearms officer.
In its leader column, the Financial Times gives its verdict on the government’s assessment that its overhaul of workers’ rights will cost businesses up to £5bn a year. The paper insists that the government’s tax plans “must avoid overburdening business and investors” and calls on the chancellor to “tread carefully”.
In the Daily Mail, external, shadow business secretary Kevin Hollinrake writes that what he calls the “draconian” bill is “a catastrophic own goal” and “an act of economic self-flagellation”.
