‘Anxiety pays’

A round-up of the headlines from the UK front pages

“Teen anxiety pays more than job”, says The Times, in a report on the “teenagers claiming sickness benefits” who “receive £100 a week more than those who take a part-time job on the minimum wage”. “PM to crack down on youth benefits”, adds The Telegraph. “Miliband vows to give UK global role on climate crisis”, reports The Guardian. The foreign secretary is to “take up a World Bank seat and play an active role in shaping changes to the global lender”. “Modi caves in to protesters”, says the Financial Times, following the ousting of India’s education minister. “Tanks for nothing”, says the Daily Star, in a story on the “huge rise in drivers filling up without paying”.

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