The Papers: British Gas 'debt agents' and 'Liz Truss comeback'

The stories starring Thursday's papers alteration widely, but The Times leads with its probe into British Gas and findings that the institution uses indebtedness collectors to instal prepayment meters successful susceptible people's homes. An undercover newsman accompanied indebtedness agents to "break into the home" of a azygous begetter and "switch them to a prepayment meter", the communicative says, adding that if families with these state meters cannot spend to apical up, their heating is "cut off". Following the report, British Gas's proprietor Centrica said it would suspend the usage of tribunal warrants that let forced installations.

Former Prime Minister Liz Truss makes the beforehand leafage of the one for the 2nd time successful a row, this clip implicit a reported "comeback" that could perchance origin "Tory infighting". The insubstantial says Ms Truss is preparing for a instrumentality to frontline politics, with 1 erstwhile Cabinet curate telling it that the Conservative Party risks a "new epoch of 'factionalism'".

The Guardian leads with an exclusive communicative connected Boris Johnson and his ineligible defence successful the Partygate inquiry. The insubstantial says that spending watchdog officials are "examining the determination to supply £220,000 of taxpayers' money" for the erstwhile premier minister's ineligible advice. No determination connected a ceremonial probe has been made yet, it adds. It comes arsenic Mr Johnson defended his actions successful No 10 during lockdown again connected Wednesday, saying helium had thought helium was acting wrong the rules.

A follow-on communicative from Wednesday's teachers' strikes makes the pb for the Daily Mail, which reports of plans for a "new instrumentality to halt schoolhouse onslaught mayhem". According to the paper, ministers are considering whether to "tighten the instrumentality to adjacent a loophole that prevents caput teachers from knowing which unit are taking portion successful concern action".

The Daily Express leads with the ongoing hunt for Nicola Bulley, a mother-of-two who disappeared portion walking her canine successful Lancashire past Friday. A representation of Ms Bulley, which besides features connected respective papers' beforehand pages, accompanies comments from her parents who fearfulness "somebody has her". The insubstantial adds that Ms Bulley's parents accidental they volition "never halt looking" for their daughter.

"RAF faces situation implicit operator for diversity" is the pb header for The Daily Telegraph. The Royal Air Force has been accused of "discriminating against 160 achromatic men successful its effort to conscionable 'aspirational diverseness targets'", the insubstantial reports. Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, caput of the RAF, gave grounds to MPs for the archetypal clip connected the contented connected Wednesday, but it is reported helium denied favoritism had occurred and said standards had not slipped due to the fact that of the diverseness drive.

Some "breaking news" makes the beforehand leafage of the Daily Star, which reports that "the Devil's moved to Suffolk". Alongside immoderate striking inferno-style imagery, the insubstantial says that 70 radical surviving adjacent a "sleepy marketplace town" successful Suffolk place arsenic Satanists.

The latest fiscal woes to deed Adani Enterprises, the flagship institution successful 1 of India's biggest corporations, marque the starring communicative for the Financial Times. It reports that the institution has called disconnected its stock merchantability aft the stock terms plunged connected Wednesday, meaning the $2.5bn (£2bn) raised from the merchantability volition beryllium returned to investors aft shares fell 26%.

The Daily Mirror is "demanding action" pursuing the decease of a four-year-old miss pursuing a canine attack. Alice Stones died successful Milton Keynes connected Tuesday aft being mauled by the household pet. Alongside a representation of Alice, the pb communicative says the insubstantial is "demanding answers to the nationalist complacency astir canine attacks" and asks if the lives of immoderate children successful Britain are worthy little extortion than others.

And a satellite exclusive leads Thursday's Sun, who reports connected "the biggest shingle up to shot ownership successful years". The insubstantial says it has seen a leaked authorities insubstantial which proposes to artifact multi-millionaires who cannot beryllium the root of their wealthiness from owning shot teams. The Football White Paper could beryllium published arsenic aboriginal arsenic adjacent week, the communicative says, adding that Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan wants a caller regulator successful spot for the 2024/5 season.