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There has been a "Cull at No 10" reports the i Paper, which it says comes as Prime Minister Sir Starmer "tries to relaunch his leadership". It says the PM "sacked" the head of the Civil Service, Sir Chris Wormauld. However, the Cabinet Office has said the move was "by mutual agreement" after months of negative media reports suggesting Downing Street was unhappy with his performance. According to the i, Dame Antonio Romeo is "tipped to step in" as cabinet secretary.
The Guardian leads with "shake-up of No 10 team" and one civil servant tells the paper this has been met with a "sulphurous" mood. The paper also marks a greenhouse gas ruling being revoked by US President Donald Trump's administration as a "gift to polluters", quoting green advocacy group Climate Power.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe is featured on front pages again after saying Britain had been "colonised by immigrants". Under the headline "Ban United", the Daily Star says the Manchester United co-owner has now apologised for the comments "but FA could bar him from ground".
Metro calls Sir Jim's comments his "own goal", as the "boss kicks off on 'colonisation'... but gets population figure wrong". It notes that Sikh and Muslim fans have protested against his comments while the PM has criticised the words as "offensive".
The Independent says Sir Jim scored an "own goal over 'apology' for UK migrants slur". It also features a photo of Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych wearing a helmet featuring athletes that have died during the war with Russia, for which he was disqualified. "[Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky accuses Olympics of playing into Russia's hands" with the ban, it writes.
"Andy girl 'flown to UK on Epstein's Lolita Express'," headlines the Sun in "another Royal bombshell". It says pressure is mounting on police to launch a sex trafficking probe into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, amid claims that a woman flown on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's plane was "sneaked into Buckingham Palace". Andrew has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
In the lead for the Financial Times is "City champion" Schroders and its "£9.9bn takeover by US rival Nuveen". The sale comes after a "tough decade", it writes. The FT also highlights newly released documents that suggest former Barclay's boss Jes Staley was named as a trustee of paedophile Jeffrey Epstein's estate until at least 2015, "apparently undermining" Staley's court testimony that he had turned down the role.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner "turns on Starmer over pubs", reports the Telegraph, saying she "joins forces" with Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham. "Trump 'hits judicial jackpot' as $10bn BBC fight goes to trial" is another front page headline. News that the case is due to go to trial next February came as a Florida judge rejected the BBC's application to delay the process of discovery in the case.
The Times, like several of today's front pages, leads with the government's new guidance on gender for all English schools. "Pupils able to change their gender at school," it writes. The guidance says parents should be involved in the "vast majority" of cases where a child questions their gender and schools should not initiate steps towards social transitioning. The Times also reports that the prime minister has "agreed to £260k payout for sacked civil servant" Sir Chris Wormauld.
A judge has ruled that the 15-year-old who murdered 12-year-old Leo Ross in "horror stabbing" can be named as Kian Moulton, the Daily Mirror writes with the headline "unmasked".
The Daily Express says "UK streets are 'awash' with illegal drugs" in its top story. It also says Manchester United's co-owner is "sorry but wants 'open debate' on migrants".
Atop the Daily Mail is a "blood-chilling warning about AI", which comes from "an expert who quit his top tech job to urge humanity to wake up".
