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Badenoch's 'bonfire of green laws' and 'Drop in global dealmaking'

The headline on the front page of the Times reads: "Badenoch to pledge a bonfire of green laws".
Many of Monday's papers are leading with coverage of the Conservative Party conference and the Times angles its front page piece on Kemi Badenoch pledging to scape a range of environmental regulations including "strict net-zero standards".
The headline on the front page of the Mail reads: "Kemi's common sense blueprint".
The Daily Mail takes a wider view of Badenoch's "reset" of the party, saying she has moved to get it "battle-ready" for an election with a "direct echo of Margaret Thatcher's approach in the 1970s" by releasing plans for "a return to 'common sense' Tory values".
The headline on the front page of the Daily Mirror reads: "Bad to the future".
Under a large headline reading "Bad to the future" the Daily Mirror runs a piece that opens "Badenoch is accused of trying to take the country back to the days of austerity under the 'nasty party'".
The headline on the front page of the Metro reads: "Mum's the word".
The Metro runs a large image of Badenoch next to a story saying she has vowed to be "like a no-nonsense mum" as she moves to make the Conservatives "the 'common sense' party", and also likens her approach to an echo of Thatcher.
The headline on the front page of the Daily Express reads: "Labour under Burnham 'is going after the elderly'".
Badenoch's promise to "save the pension triple lock" and her attack on Prime Minister Andy Burnham for "going after the elderly" is the top line of the front page of the Daily Express.
The headline on the front page of the Sun reads: "Love match of the day".
Atop its front page, the Sun has a short story on Badenoch warning that "Britain must not become a nation of 'little ghettos'" and "migrants should embrace our culture". However it leads on what it bills as an exclusive about two of the hosts of Match of the Day dating. A large image of Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates sits behind a headline reading "Love match of the day".
The headline on the front page of the Financial Times reads: "Hopes for record year in dealmaking punctured by interest rate increases".
The Financial Times looks at a drop in "global dealmaking" for the first time since US President Donald Trump's "trade war last year", and notes "high interest rates threaten to derail a blockbuster period for mergers and acquisitions".
The headline on the front page of the Daily Telegraph reads: "Andrew takes police to court over arrest".
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's decision to take legal action against Thames Valley Police over his arrest "eight months ago in relation to the Epstein files" leads Monday's Daily Telegraph. It says he has "asked a judge to determine whether the force's action towards him was lawful". Andrew, who the paper says "was questioned for almost 12 hours on suspicion of misconduct in public office before being released under investigation", has always strongly denied any wrongdoing.
The headline on the front page of the Guardian reads: "'Horrifying' scale of child-on-child sexual abuse in schools revealed".
The headline "'Horrifying' scale of child-on-child sexual abuse in schools revealed" runs across the top of the Guardian's front page. Further down, a picture of Rowan Atkinson in full Blackadder garb catches the eye as the paper reveals "A cunning plan" to revive the classic 1980s historical comedy as a live show.
The headline on the front page of the Daily Star reads: "Traitors fixed Maya heart".
The "hit show" Celebrity Traitors has brought a smile back to contestant Maya James after her "split from footballer Ruben Dias", the Daily Star says in its front page splash.
The headline on the front page of the i Paper reads: "Man City owners' link to Burnham's No 10 North site after 'sweetheart deal' with UAE firm".
The link between Manchester City owners and the property where Andy Burnham is set to build No 10 North dominates the front page of the i Paper, in what it calls a "sweetheart deal".

The Daily Telegraph says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has launched legal action against Thames Valley Police over his arrest earlier this year. The former Duke of York was detained on suspicion of misconduct in public office, after the release of the Epstein files. Mountbatten-Windsor has consistently denied any wrongdoing. The report says he has asked a judge to determine whether search warrants that allowed police to raid his homes were lawful. The paper notes it is the first legal challenge of its kind by a royal since King Charles I in 1649.

The New York Times is reporting that the US has withdrawn all of its B-1 Air Force bombers from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire because of new threats about an Iran-backed plot. Six men have been arrested and released on bail in connection with a suspected terror plot at the base last month. The Wall Street Journal claims a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps recruited UK nationals to carry out an attack.

According to the Guardian, thousands of sexual offences by children against other children are reported to the police in England and Wales every year. It says on average almost five crimes a day against children aged 12 and younger are recorded in primary and secondary schools. The children's commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, describes peer-on-peer abuse in schools as "widespread" and "normalised", but says important steps have been taken to tackle it in recent years.

The Daily Mirror says the Conservatives' plan to cut benefits while scrapping the cap on earnings for free childcare shows they are the "same old Tories". "Bad to the future" reads the paper's headline. The Times leads on the pledge from party leader Kemi Badenoch to scrap environmental quangos, end Net Zero regulations and push through a third runway at Heathrow to end what she calls the "doom loop" of low economic growth. The Daily Mail calls it "Kemi's common sense blueprint".

Global dealmaking fell below $1tn in the third quarter of this year, for the first time since Donald Trump introduced his trade tariffs last year, according to the Financial Times. The paper says activity fell to $986bn, as high interest rates threaten to derail what it calls a "blockbuster period" for high-profile mergers and acquisitions.

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