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Catherine, Princess of Wales, can be seen celebrating St Patrick's Day with the Irish Guards on several front pages today. "Kate's stout and about" is the Mirror's headline, alongside an image of Catherine drinking a Guinness. The paper also covers what it calls the "welfare reform row" inside the government as it is set to unveil proposals to cut billions from benefits payments. Unions are urging the PM not to target the poor, the paper says.
On "D-day for benefit cuts", the Guardian highlights opposition to the government's plans, with Labour MPs and poverty campaigners forming a "growing tide of opposition", according to the paper. It says economists have warned against making "kneejerk savings to hit fiscal targets".
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has not yet won the support of the cabinet for the welfare cut proposals, according to the I paper. Donzens of Labour MPs are concerned the plans will "hit the most vulnerable", the paper adds.
The government's proposed welfare reforms will increase reassessments on sick benefit claimants, according to the Times. In another political story, the paper says Tory leader Kemi Badenoch will warn that a "fantasy" 2050 target to reach net zero carbon emissions could bankrupt the country.
The Telegraph also reports on Badenoch's net zero remarks. The Tory leader will drop her party's "impossible" target to reach net zero by 2050, the paper says, in what it calls "her biggest policy intervention since her election".
Badenoch's net zero announcement also leads the Mail, with the paper saying she will "break cross-party consensus on climate change". The paper also reports on the "humbling final interview" with a Battle of Britain pilot who has died aged 105.
The Metro calls Catherine the "Guin-cess of Wales" in a playful caption to a picture of her sipping the Irish stout. Its lead story focuses on a report that says it would cost £17bn to repair Britain's pot-holed roads.
The Daily Express leads on fresh criticism of the chancellor after the Office for National Statistics revealed the economy is shrinking. It is a "humiliation" for Reeves ahead of her spring statement, the paper says.
A £1.8m fine and sector ban for hedge fund manager Crispin Odey leads the Financial Times, alongside stories on a vote in the German parliament and Italian football star Francesco Totti's controversial planned visit to Russia.
A demonstration against Disney's new Snow White remake has been planned, the Daily Star says. The paper quotes protesters as saying there are "a lot of angry little people" over the film's use of CGI dwarves.
One Direction's Louis Tomlinson was pictured at a "cosy dinner" with TV star Zara McDermott, according to the Sun. The paper quotes a source saying the pair "get on really well".
