'PM's aide quits' and 'How long can PM cling on?'

Most of the front pages focus on the resignation of the Downing Street chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.

"Blame me" is the Daily Mirror's headline. It says the prime minister's top aide "shouldered the blame" for the appointment of Lord Mandelson, but adds that the "pressure remains" on Sir Keir Starmer.

The i Paper quotes a Scottish Labour source who calls Sir Keir a "dead man walking".

"How long can Starmer cling on?" asks the Daily Mail - alongside a picture of Angela Rayner, a potential leadership challenger, getting her hair done. "Look who's ready for her close-up on the steps of Number 10", it says.

But the Times quotes an unnamed source who points out Ms Rayner's "tax affairs" will make replacing Sir Keir "difficult for her". They also suggest it will be "hard" for Health Secretary Wes Streeting to become leader because of what they call his previous "ties" to Lord Mandelson - although in recent days he has described the peer's actions as "irresponsible" and "reckless".

The Guardian calls Morgan McSweeney the "campaign wizard who lost his magic touch". It says allies of the prime minister will hope his departure will help quell the "mounting anger among MPs over his leadership". But the Daily Express says blaming McSweeney for Lord Mandelson's appointment "won't wash". According to the Sun, the prime minister has "not only lost his human shield but his political brain".

The Daily Telegraph says allies of Morgan McSweeney have questioned whether others in Number 10 should also bear responsibility. The paper said "fingers were pointed" at the national security advisor Jonathan Powell, over claims "he too was supportive of Lord Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador". It says he didn't respond to a request for a comment - though senior Whitehall figures "firmly denied the claim".

Away from politics, the Financial Times reports that the rich are paying record prices for rooms in top-end hotels. The paper says average daily rates have climbed to more than £900, with affluent travellers willing to splash out for luxuries such as "hyperbaric oxygen therapy and sound baths".

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