Newspaper headlines: 'Poor can't cook' says MP and UK signs defence pact

The papers cover a row over the cost of living and an agreement to defend Finland and Sweden.

Several papers feature stories about the rising cost of living, with the Daily Mirror focusing on controversial comments by Conservative MP Lee Anderson. The paper says he accused families of only using food banks because they never learned to cook or budget, and quotes a Lib Dem MP condemning his remarks as "disgraceful".

A photo of Boris Johnson rowing the Swedish prime minister across a lake accompanies the Daily Telegraph's story about a defence pact which means the UK would send soldiers to defend Sweden and Finland if Russia invaded. The paper quotes a tweet from Mr Johnson: "We are literally and metaphorically in the same boat."The prime minister is the first leader to explicitly pledge military support for the two Nordic countries, the Times points out.

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