Macron re-elected and ‘Tory rebels plot to oust PM’

Most of the front pages picture Emmanuel Macron celebrating winning his second term as President of France. The Guardian highlights Mr Macron’s pledge to unite the country after what the paper calls a decisive victory. The Daily Telegraph says he was close to tears as he told those who hadn’t voted for him, that he owed them. The paper sees parallels with Boris Johnson’s election victory in 2019 when he thanked former Labour voters for backing the Conservatives.

An official said to be familiar with the contents of the Sue Gray report on lockdown parties in Westminster tells The Times the findings are so damning that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will have no choice but to resign. The report – the release of which is on hold while police continue their investigations – is said to be highly critical of both Mr Johnson for attending some of the events, and of the culture in Downing Street under his leadership.

The Mail quotes experts who warn that a shortage of hormone replacement drugs could lead to menopausal women taking their own lives. The paper says oestrogen gel has been in short supply since the start of the year, leading some women to turn to the black market. Suppliers tell the Mail they’re increasing production amid unprecedented demand, while the paper’s leader column praises the Health Secretary Sajid Javid for appointing an ‘HRT Tsar’ to help tackle the shortfall.

And the Sun says a bungling US spy left British military secrets available online for anyone to find after he uploaded them so he could work from home. The dossier reportedly included information about the RAF’s Typhoon jets, and named American counter-terror staff who work in the UK. The Sun says US officials scrambled to remove the files after the paper alerted Whitehall. An editorial asks what “security compromises others may also have made for the sake of work/life balance in the pandemic”.