Newspaper review: Archbishop's plea to Starmer and stalking hotline calls soar

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Reuters The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby speaks during the annual Lord Mayor's Banquet at Guildhall, in London, Britain November 13, 2023Reuters
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby (file image)

A range of stories feature on the front pages of Sunday's papers, including a sharp rise in the number of stalking victims looking for help, according to the Sunday People. It says calls to the National Stalking Helpline surged by 27% in a month - prompted by the Netflix drama Baby Reindeer.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has told the Observer the two child limit on benefit payments to families should be scrapped, the paper says. Justin Welby describes it as a cruel and immoral policy that plunges hundreds of thousands of children into poverty, with those from ethnic minorities and homes where someone has a disability most affected.

Labour's Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting has given an interview to the Sunday Telegraph setting out the party's plans to make NHS staff work evenings and weekends as part of efforts to shorten waiting lists, should his party come to power at the next general election.

The Sunday Times looks ahead to later this week and the conclusion of the inquiry into the infected blood products given to thousands of NHS patients in the 1970s and '80s.

Mr Hunt's government colleague Kemi Badenoch is pictured on the front of the Sunday Express as the paper says the business secretary has accused firms of wasting too much time on gesture politics and told them to focus on delivering great goods and services instead.

The Mail on Sunday reports plans for a mass parachute drop over Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day have been scaled back because cuts have left the Ministry of Defence without enough planes.

Finally, the Shameless star Tina Malone reveals in the Sunday Mirror her husband took his own life after fighting a private battle with PTSD.

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