and britain is on course to record its warmest year ever, after a summer of blistering heatwaves and a mild autumn and spring. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rachel cunliffe, senior associate editor at the new statesman, and claire cohen, journalist and author. we will say hello to both in just a moment. first, though, let s take a look at the actual front pages. with fresh strikes expected in the new year and reports of new anti strike laws, the financial times leads with a warning from incoming boss of the tuc, paul nowak, who says unions will fight and make the government pay a high political price for such laws. the independent has gone with a striking image of the impact of recent russian bombardment in ukraine. they re also shining a light on striking chaos, with a warning that the uk could see a year of disruption if the government fails to negotiate. in contrast, the times leads with labour s vow to c
nando s voucher, has been somehow made up to make up for the civil service pay freeze or, it is said, of wages somehow. it was in place under the last labour government phrases like gravy train vouchers are just completely, a completely confected outrage, really. our civil servants are as exasperated as any of the other group of workers we been talking about in the programme. they have been overstretched and underpaid for many years and particularly since the pandemic. many feel quite rightly that they kept the country going in many ways and now they are being squeezed like the rest of the nation during a cost of living crisis, so this kind of slightly confected outrage, cheeky nando s headline, when it is a scheme of reward and recognition that has been in place for many years, to be on the front of the sun, i think it is a little unfair. rachel? l sun, i think it is a little unfair. rachel? ., , , : ::