“No increase to capital gains tax in the budget,” says The Times. “Labour cuts £2bn from Army front line,” The Telegraph reports. “Burnham orders radical rethink of options to fix Thames Water,” reports The Guardian. “Air heads” says The Sun, as it reports on a “£20m crash probe”. The NHS is “simply not ready” for “another winter crisis”, doctors warn in the Daily Express. “Challenges facing Macron deepen”, the Financial Times reports.

“Seventh heaven?” asks Metro, noting that Andy Burnham is the seventh British prime minister in a decade. “It starts now”, says The Mirror, predicting that the new PM will “hit the ground running”. So “let’s pray he knows what he’s doing”, says the Daily Mail. The “new PM starts with a purge”, says The Times. The late football legend Kevin Keegan “wore his heart on his sleeve and the fans loved him for it”, The Telegraph says. He was “King Kev”, The Sun says.

 “Backlash over Brexit ‘betrayal’”, says the Daily Mail. “Burnham retreats on push to rejoin EU”, The Telegraph says. “Burnham facing ‘perilous’ race in crunch byelection”, The Guardian says. “Streeting will stand for PM on pledge to rejoin the EU”, says The iPaper. “UK faces summer in limbo”, Metro says. “Voters are not fools and deserve honesty”, the Daily Express says.

There is “terror on our streets”, says The Mirror, after three people, including an 11-year-old girl, were injured in a dog attack in Birmingham. Home Secretary Suella Braverman says the American XL Bully is “a clear and lethal danger” and she is exploring a ban for the dog breed.

The i Paper reports that “hope” is growing that the Bank of England will limit future rises in interest rates. It says its “expert panel of economists” have predicted a “less aggressive approach” to tackling inflation, in a “small mercy” for mortgage holders.

The Daily Star predicts a “great British bunk off” as people take advantage of the hot weather following the unprecedented heatwave. The tabloid says “millions of staff are ditching work” today to enjoy “one last blast of the 28C heatwave” before temperatures fall for the autumn.