Today's front pages: Tories face backlash on care plans
22 May
Monday's front pages are dominated by the Tories' proposed changes to care services, outlined in their manifesto last week.
The i newspaper highlights Conservative attempts to counter the negative press with attacks on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
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The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail lead with one such negative story, claiming the politician refused to condemn the IRA during an interview with Sophy Ridge on Sky News yesterday.
Away from the election, the Financial Times leads on Donald Trump's speech in Saudi Arabia this weekend, suggesting the US President is pursuing closer ties with the Gulf states and abandoning Barack Obama's move towards rapprochement with Iran.
The Guardian leads with an exclusive insight into Facebook's policies after a leak of internal documents revealed the social network's rules on which content can be shown.
The Sun dedicates its front page to a pun-heavy tale of a hotel waitress who claims she was sacked after being found in Pirates of the Caribbean star Orlando Bloom's bed at Chiltern Firehouse in London.
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