Newspaper headlines: Sunak defends wife over non-dom status 'smears'
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"Sunak has questions to answer," as it claims that a company partly-owned by the chancellor's wife has received £50m in UK public sector contracts since 2015.
The paper says "it makes you sick", after revelations that Akshata Murty holds non-domiciled status, meaning she doesn't pay tax in Britain on her overseas earnings.
the arrangement may have helped her avoid as much as £20m in UK tax. Her spokesperson tells the paper that all necessary tax has been paid.
But the i says senior Conservatives believe Ms Murty will have to give up her non-domiciled status before the next general election. Some Tories are concerned the situation could harm the party when voters head to the polls, the paper adds.
, Rishi Sunak believes he's the victim of a "political hit job". Allies close to the chancellor have told the paper the leak of Ms Murty's tax status could constitute a potential criminal offence.
the chancellor's allies are pointing the finger at No 10, with one unnamed Conservative MP saying the prime minister's office has been "gunning for him for a while". Downing Street sources have described the claims as "categorically untrue".
Sunak slams Labour 'smears'
, Mr Sunak accuses Labour of being behind what he calls "smears" against his wife. Defending her tax arrangements, he says it's how the system works, for people "who are international who have moved here".
dozens of Ukrainian refugees who've arrived in the UK have seen their accommodation plans collapse. The paper says a number of reasons were given, but some have been caused by male hosts making sexual advances towards female refugees.
It tells the story of one woman who said she was was asked by a man with whom she was matched whether she had a boyfriend or if she was ready to start a relationship.
Sources in the Department for Levelling Up - which oversees the scheme - have told the paper at least 40 arrangements have fallen through, but say it's rare that matches fail to such an extent that refugees have to move out.
Javid's 'major intervention'
on what it describes as a "major intervention" by the health secretary in the debate about single-sex spaces.
It says Sajid Javid has called on the NHS to protect female-only hospital wards, after the equalities watchdog ruled that transgender people could be excluded from some areas, if such a move is "proportionate".
The paper says Mr Javid has "pressurised" health bosses and urged them to take "full account" of the guidance.
as "a sensuous depiction of Pablo Picasso's muse and lover as a multi-limbed sea creature" is to go to auction for the first time.
Femme Nue Couchée - or Naked Woman Reclining - is expected to sell for £46m in New York next month, the paper says. Picasso completed the painting of Marie-Therese Walter in 1932, which the Guardian says was the most prolific year of his life.
