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A number of the front pages continue to focus on rumours at Westminster about a challenge to the prime minister's leadership from within the Conservative Party.

The Daily Telegraph reports Rishi Sunak is urging MPs to "stick with him" and that he's issued a - and that 2024 will be the year the UK "bounces back". The paper says Mr Sunak was forced to speak out after days of speculation that right-wing Conservatives are lining up the Commons leader, Penny Mordaunt, to replace him.

Mr Sunak's allies are "furious" she's being lined up as a "unity candidate", according to the Daily Mail.

Cabinet minister Esther McVey is quoted in the Daily Express as saying some colleagues are putting "leadership ambitions" ahead of the party's interests, adding that

The front page of the Times carries a photograph of the widow of the Russian opposition leader - Alexei Navalny - at a protest in Germany against the re-election of Vladimir Putin as Russian president. The paper reports - adding in her late husband's name.

In other news, the NHS Ombudsman - Rob Behrens - has told the Guardian that leads to avoidable deaths and families being denied the truth about their loved ones.

"Dark Ages dentistry" is the headline in the Daily Mirror - which it says has left patients taking out their own teeth with pliers or screwdrivers. The paper says more than 200,000 people have signed its petition for better dental care - sharing their horror stories from across the country.

The front page of the i paper reveals that Fujitsu - the IT company at the centre of the Post Office Horizon scandal - is despite having lost the contract to do so in 2022. The paper says it is because of delays in vetting replacement contractors.

Finally, the Sun's front page reports the over the weekend, amid what it describes as "wild speculation" about her health on social media.

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