'War to end in weeks' and '50% of public cut their spending'

Many of the front pages focus on the war in the Middle East four weeks since the US and Israel first launched strikes on Iran.

The Guardian reports that despite Washington saying it expects its operation against Tehran to end within weeks, rather than months, Israel has said there will be "no let-up".

The i Weekend looks at the economic impact of the war, after polling for the paper suggested half of UK voters were already "tightening their belts" by spending less on eating out, fuel and big purchases.

"Iran war shock hits investors' portfolios hard" is the headline on the weekend edition of the Financial Times. The paper says global stocks and bonds plunged this month, marking the "biggest combined sell-off since 2022".

The Times says senior officials in Britain and Europe fear Washington could redeploy weapons from Ukraine to the Middle East in pursuit of a "swifter end to the Iran war". The paper says sources have also expressed concern that US President Donald Trump may no longer protect Nato member states if Russia were to attack them.

The Daily Telegraph reports that Scotland Yard has reopened the investigation into the reported theft of a phone belonging to Sir Keir Starmer's former chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, last year. The paper notes that his phone records are subject to scrutiny because of his exchanges with Lord Mandelson, who was sacked as the UK's ambassador to the US.

Reports that Sir Keir is planning to offer a peerage to the Labour mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan, have been picked up by many of the papers. The Daily Telegraph describes the move as an attempt to bring one of the prime minister's critics "on side". The Financial Times says the offer is being seen as a chance to "shore up" the prime minister's position after May's elections.

And many of the papers feature photographs of King Charles III laughing as he accidentally sent a plaque he was supposed to be unveiling tumbling to the ground instead. It happened during to a visit to Oxford, and prompted the King to jokingly refer to the situation as a "disaster".

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