The majority of headlines focus on the difficult economic outlook facing the UK. Reports i that the Bank of England has warned Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng that the country is already in recession and the rise in interest rates to 2.25% means millions of people face a significant increase in their mortgage payments. Prime Minister Liz Truss and Mr Kwarteng are under pressure to avert a “deep recession” with their mini budget on Friday. image caption, Scotland’s Daily Mail reports that Mr Kwarteng will unveil the “biggest tax cut” in 30 years as part of a move to break a “cycle of stagnation” in the British economy. The paper says the government’s growth plan includes 30 measures to “cut taxation, tackle high energy bills and curb inflation”, which currently stands at nearly 10%. image caption, Under the headline ‘Go for growth!’, the Scottish Daily Express also reports on what it calls the ‘biggest tax cuts in decades’. The paper says that not since Margaret Thatcher have taxes been cut this much and notes that Mr Kwarteng will “herald a new era for Britain” when he announces them in the House of Commons. image caption, Calling it Mr Kwarteng’s £50bn bet on tax cuts, The Times reports the chancellor will say Britain must break the “vicious cycle of stagnation” and encourage economic growth. The paper says the announcement will also include 40 “investment zones” with lower tax rates, less stringent planning rules and what it calls streamlined environmental regulations. image caption, The chancellor has written a warning letter to the governor of the Bank of England to keep inflation low, according to the Daily Telegraph. The paper reports that Mr Kwarteng told Andrew Bailey that claims that rising price rises are mainly caused by the war in Ukraine are less credible after the government announced plans to tackle rising energy prices. image caption, The Herald reports that more than 200,000 homeowners will have seen their mortgage payments rise by more than £1,000 a year in the nine months following the latest rate rise. The Bank of England’s announcement of a 0.5% rise in key interest rates is the seventh time in a row it has raised rates in an attempt to control rising prices. image caption, The Scot says the mini-budget announcement has been billed as the last chance to save millions from a “disastrous winter of fuel poverty”. image caption, Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf have been told to “do your job” after it emerged a patient endured an 84-hour wait for treatment at a Scottish A&E. The First Minister told MSPs that long waits were “unacceptable” but also “outstanding” and that the health secretary had led measures to improve performance in A&E units, which she admitted was “not good enough”. image caption, The Scottish Sun has an exclusive, claiming former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich “played a key role” in negotiating the release of five Britons held as Russian prisoners of war. The newspaper says the Russian billionaire welcomed the five men on a plane that was taking them from Russia to Saudi Arabia, giving them phone numbers to contact their families. image caption, The Daily Star reports that panicked Russians have joined long queues to leave the country to avoid being sent to Ukraine. Referring to a different – and rather more British – story in the queue, The Star reports the furore surrounding Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield in the Queen’s state. image caption, The National reports that Scottish Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson has written to senior Tory minister Jacob Rees-Mogg to outline his concerns that the Scottish Government has “fundamental opposition” to a UK-wide bill that would mean the end of EU laws in the UK. . The EU Retained Law (Reform and Repeal) Bill was introduced by the UK government on Thursday and will pass into law a sunset clause for the majority of European law that will come into force from the end of 2023. image caption, The Glasgow Times leads the way with an exclusive interview with MSP John Mason about the abortion row that led to his discipline from the SNP. In the interview, he described his position on abortion, neutral zones, party control, and why he feels the need to speak his mind, even when it makes him uncomfortable. Image copyright BBC SportImage caption The Edinburgh Evening News reports that a physiotherapist and the man whose life he saved after he collapsed on Ben Nevis are back to finally reach the summit together two years on. Trevor Botwood, 63, who suffered a cardiac arrest on Britain’s highest mountain in August 2020, said he decided to do the climb with Courtney Ferguson to “put the incident to bed”. image caption, Scotland has the lowest life expectancy in the UK, the Daily Record reports. The newspaper reports that life expectancy in Scotland has fallen for the second year in a row with experts blaming the coronavirus pandemic and poverty. New figures have shown that babies born between 2019 and 2021 will have a life expectancy of 76.6 years for men and 80.8 years for women. image caption, The Press and Journal reports that workers with decades of service at the historic Stoneywood paper mill in Aberdeen have been left in tears after management sank once again. The paper says nearly 400 jobs were cut with immediate effect on Thursday night, with fears that more could be axed in the coming days. image caption, Perth and Kinross Council is set to approve a newly formed poverty task force, The Courier reports. The council is committed to providing targeted funding to support the poorest households and help people access emergency food. image caption, Some pubs, restaurants and cafes in Dundee which are allowed to set up outdoor seating during the pandemic could soon be asked to pack away the tables and chairs, according to the Evening Telegraph. The paper reports that temporary permits for outdoor sites will expire at the end of September with all venues required to reapply under stricter rules. image caption, A man has been branded a danger to the public after looking, watching and trying to get into the cars of random women in Aberdeen, the Evening Express reports. In one case, two women got into their car and found him sitting in the back seat.

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