The Papers: 'Kicking up a storm' and 'Burnham plots homes tax raid'

Key developments are emerging from the global stage. 'Kicking up a storm' and 'Burnham plots homes tax raid'Published10 minutes agoImage caption, Logistics surrounding the World Cup match between England and Mexico in the early hours of Monday continue to lead a number of the papers, with Sunday People dedicating the majority of its front page to backlash over the shifting kick-off time. The paper's headline reads: "Kicking up a storm". Image caption, Similarly, the Sunday Mirror leads with "Kicking off", and pairs a photograph of England footballer Harry Kane with the caption "World Cup fiasco".

The paper has spoken to several publicans across the country, who it says are frustrated by the "dithering" over kick off time as it impacts their staff rotas and bottom line. Image caption, Kane also features on the front page of the Sun, which says the England captain wants fans enjoy "all nighters" if his team is able to win against Mexico on Sunday night and make it into the quarter-finals. Image caption, The Daily Star says the Three Lions can also expect support from German fans in their battle against Mexico - or so says the nation's embassy in the UK.

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Image caption, Outside of the World Cup, the Mail on Sunday says Andy Burnham is plotting a "financial raid" on "swathes" of homeowners by introducing what it calls a "punitive 'mansion tax' regime". The paper suggests that the expected prime minister has made plans to lower the threshold for the extra levy to include homes worth £1. 5m, which it says would mean more than 150,000 families would be hit by four-figure tax hikes.

Image caption, The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change has warned Andy Burnham against a capital gains tax rise, according to the Sunday edition of the Telegraph. The paper says the think tank has issued a "stark warning" to Sir Keir Starmer's likely successor, declaring that such a move would send "precisely the wrong message at precisely the wrong time". The match in Mexico is also front and centre of the front page, which carries a photo of fans decked out in England jerseys and flying the St George Cross.

"England fans on red alert", it says. Image caption, The Sunday Times reports Reform UK leader Nigel Farage may have broken MPs' rules by not declaring funding for security, drivers, staff and accommodation from a crypto-gambler who it says has a conviction in the US for wire fraud. A spokesman for Farage described the paper's investigation as a "baseless and contrived story" and said no parliamentary rules had been broken.

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Reform is is quoted by the paper as saying Farage did not need to declare the support as it came before the announcement he would stand for parliament. Image caption, "Off the rails" reads the headline of the Sunday Express, which says that HS2 has spent £77. 8m on consultants in just one year.

The paper reports £46. 8bn has been spent on the high-speed rail link to date, adding that it is "still unclear" how much it will eventually cost.

The story has become one of the most prominent items on the global agenda.