The Herald reports that high-earning Scots face paying nearly £8,000 a year more in tax than their counterparts in England and Wales under proposals by Tory leadership hopeful Boris Johnson. It says his plan to raise the tax threshold for higher earners could have the effect of dramatically increasing the tax differential north and south of the border.
Boris Johnson’s tax plans also feature on the front page of The National. It claims the policy will benefit “rich pensioners in England”. According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the biggest beneficiaries of the plan would be wealthy pensioners and those living off investments, as they do not pay national insurance contributions.
The Daily Record calls the proposals a “tartan tax bomb”. It says Mr Johnson “wants Scots to chip in for a £9.6bn tax cut they’ll never receive”.
The Times also details what it calls Mr Johnson’s plans of “tax cuts for the rich”. It says the announcement led to the “first proper skirmish” of the contest, with him facing accusations that he was allowing the Tories to be portrayed as the “party of privilege”.
As well as the former foreign secretary’s tax plans, the Telegraph leads with Michael Gove’s “personal attack” on Boris Johnson. It describes the comments as an act of “desperation” and says that Jeremy Hunt has overtaken Mr Gove as the biggest potential rival to the Johnson campaign.
The Scotsman is among the papers to lead on the BBC’s decision to allow only those over-75s in low-income households to be eligible for free TV licences. It says the BBC has been told by charities the plans are “daylight robbery”.
The Scottish Daily Express says there is “outrage” as 3.7 million pensioners lose their free TV licence. Its front page leads with a call for its readers to sign a petition opposing the BBC’s changes.
“Anger as BBC axes free TV for over-75s” reads the front page of the Scottish Daily Mail. It says the corporation is “facing a furious backlash”.
The i reports an “outcry” over the decision that it says will mean “two-thirds” of over-75s will now have to pay. Its front page does include a line of response from the BBC, which says the alternative would have been the closure of major services.
The Courier’s Angus and the Mearns edition reports that a man has been charged with the murder of Neomi Smith in Brechin. The 23-year-old, from Aberdeen, was discovered with serious injuries in the town in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The Press and Journal’s Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire front page also covers Ms Smith’s death. It says flowers have been left for the “one of a kind” woman. A 23-year-old man is expected to appear from custody at Forfar Sheriff Court on Tuesday.
A woman who was jailed for pretending to be a man as part of a catfishing scam has admitted more offences. Adele Rennie, of Kilmarnock, was caught after one of her victims became suspicious that she wasn’t who she claimed to be. The woman contacted the police after discovering Rennie’s past conviction for fooling women using voice-changing app to make her sound like a man.
In other news, the Daily Star leads on reports of Olympic hockey gold medallist Sam Quek being “trolled” on Twitter for saying the BBC’s Women’s World Cup panel were beautiful.
