What the newspapers say – October 19th

The Financially Just, Daily post And The Just Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ plans to extend the freeze on income tax thresholds are making headlines, which could result in up to a million people paying higher taxes as part of efforts to plug a £40bn budget deficit.

Now it is Is According to a weekend edition, extending the freeze could raise up to £7 billion a year.

The Daily telegraphThe front page of reports that the freeze is part of a “triple whammy” – dubbed a “tax crackdown” by critics – that also includes increasing fuel duty and raising more money from inheritance tax.

The Independent claims Ms Reeves was warned that plans to increase inheritance tax would “punish” the middle class.

The Prime Minister was warned that more migrants would die trying to cross the Channel if the crisis was not treated as a “national emergency”. Daily Express Reports.

The Sun Former One Direction singer Liam Payne reportedly checked out of rehab after just two days months before his death in Buenos Aires.

And the Daily Mirror reports on singer Cheryl’s grief following the death of her ex-boyfriend Liam Payne. The two have a seven-year-old son.

Finally the Daily Stars The front page condemns the nation to a “day of shame” amid news that Britain’s “long and proud” tea-drinking tradition has been usurped by “faithless coffee drinkers”.