The Papers: 'Cops didn't share letter' and Burnham 'open' to EU free movement

A number of the front pages report what they believe will be in Wednesday's Budget. The Sunday Telegraph says the chancellor is considering a carbon charge on imported fuel., external The paper calls it a "green tax" and claims the move could drive up prices at the pumps. The Sunday Times says there'll be billions of pounds of new funding for defence, external - and two government investment funds will also receive money, which will be invested in UK defence firms.

The Sunday Mirror welcomes news of £1bn being committed to council and affordable, external housing, equivalent to building 10,000 thousand homes. It says the government also plans to help more councils borrow to construct homes by extending preferential rates. The paper's editorial says Britain will be a happier place when everyone has a secure roof over their heads.

The Sunday Express features a call for the government to reveal whether or not it intends to bring forward the planned rise, external in the state pension age to 68. The paper says there are concerns it could be implemented in 2037, and not the mid-2040s - as originally planned.

In an interview with the Observer, the co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, calls the advent of artificial intelligence an "evolutionary event", external. He says people will no longer be the most intelligent things on the planet. He says governments will need to find new sources of income to fund the needs of people put out of work. Gates also says that billionaires should pay more tax, claiming he would have paid more than double the amount he has so far in his life.

The Sun on Sunday has been told, by a friend of the Duchess of Sussex,, external that she is "concerned" that the Met police did not act on a letter accusing her estranged father Thomas Markle, of child sexual abuse. "They had the opportunity to pass it on to other relevant law enforcement authorities but chose not to", the friend said. In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, Markle denies all of the allegations, external made against him. Markle, who had a leg amputated last year, tells the paper: "I am not well enough to go to the Philippines but I will speak to anyone who wants to talk to me. I have nothing to hide."