In the headlines
Liz Truss has cancelled plans to scrap the top 45p tax rate. The “humiliating” U-turn just 10 days after the policy was announced is largely down to Tory MPs, says Katy Balls in The Spectator: a growing number were saying quite openly that they simply wouldn’t vote for it. Brazil’s “acrimonious” presidential race will go to a second round of voting later this month, says The Guardian. Former left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva failed yesterday to secure a first-round majority against populist incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, who has “hinted he will not leave office if defeated”. Burgers can help fight depression, says the Daily Star, because beef is rich in brain-boosting nutrients such as iron and zinc. “No wonder we’re lovin’ it.”