'Petty vindictiveness'

A round-up of the headlines from the UK front pages

The Daily Mail leads on the removal of a £100,000 portrait of Margaret Thatcher. It describes the move as a "gesture of astonishingly petty vindictiveness" against a "political giant" by "a PM of just seven weeks".

Metro reports on anger within the hospitality sector about the plan to extend the smoking ban to outdoor spaces. "Stub out this cigs ban plan", it says. "Has Sir Keir sounded death knell of our pubs?" asks the Daily Express.

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