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Newspaper headlines: Police ready to use force and Braverman faces sack

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Saturday's papers cover the build-up to the pro-Palestinian march in London and the ongoing row about Suella Braverman's criticism of police.

The Mirror says the Metropolitan Police's job has been made harder by the home secretary. It leads with a picture of officers standing guard at the Cenotaph and the headline: "Torn apart". It claims Mrs Braverman "won't be vindicated if events turn sour, she will be one of the causes of it". Under the headline "Cruella clings on", it says her job is already "hanging by a thread", after her unauthorised criticism of the police.

Sources tell The Times the prime minister's patience with her has "run out" - and the i agrees, reporting that Rishi Sunak "has made the decision to fire the home secretary". It says Conservative whips are preparing for "a wide-ranging reshuffle" in the coming weeks, which could also see the environment secretary Therese Coffey lose her job. But The Sun puts the odds of a reshuffle at 50-50.

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Met Police officers on duty beside the Cenotaph in Whitehall, central London

The Guardian says Mr Sunak is facing a "Tory civil war" over Mrs Braverman's future. The paper reports that a number of Conservative MPs are "furious" with her, while more than 50 others are "fighting to help her keep her job". The Mail says at least two have threatened to resign if she's sacked.

In The Sun, the headline is: "It's come to this". In its leader column, The Daily Telegraph says the march organisers have "refused to see reason", while The Daily Mail describes the protest as "provocative and deeply offensive", saying it "mocks our day of solemnity". The Times says it's "misguided and mistimed", but adds that Scotland Yard must police it, not suppress it.

Labour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner, tells the i she understands the concerns of MPs who disagree with the party's refusal to back a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza. She says Sir Keir Starmer is "doing his utmost" to try to get humanitarian aid into the territory, which she believes is "the number one thing that needs to happen".

And according to the Telegraph, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt plans to give businesses a tax cut worth £10bn in his Autumn Statement later this month. The Financial Times Weekend edition says he's under further pressure to "stimulate the economy" after figures showed it flatlined between July and September. The chief secretary to the Treasury, John Glen, tells the paper that "growth is the key thing that 2024 needs to be about". It also reports that government insiders believe Mr Hunt could extend for a year the full expensing capital allowances scheme, which permits firms to deduct spending on investment from profits.

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