The ongoing council pay row is making some of the headlines in Scotland. The Scot leads with Nicola Sturgeon commenting that all options to increase the pay offer have been “exhausted”. The First Minister tweeted that she was keen to offer more help to councils but that Scottish Government budgets were “finite”. image caption, The Glasgow Times is leading by rejecting the unions’ latest pay offer on Monday and saying strikes will continue. It depicts growing piles of rubbish in Glasgow’s George Square. image caption, The rejected pay offer also makes the front page of the Scottish Daily Express, which says ‘the rubbish is piling up’. It also claims moves to stop further industrial action, which will affect schools and nurseries next week, are now in doubt. image caption, Another photo of piles of rubbish, this one outside the Perth Concert Hall, leads to the front of The Courier. The paper also quotes Nicola Sturgeon as saying on Twitter: “If we could go further we would.” image caption, “What a mess” writes The Herald as it also depicts a messy George Square. It says the 5% pay offer has been rejected by unions, with one of them describing it as a “waste of valuable time”. image caption, The cost of living is the other main story and, in particular, energy bills. The Metro headlines “Last orders for pubs” as it reports thousands of pubs will be forced to close if the government doesn’t help them with “exploding fuel bills”. He says bosses at six of the country’s biggest chains are reporting a 300% rise in operating costs, while customers have less money to spend at the bar. image caption, The Edinburgh Evening News gives its front page to the same story, reporting that pubs – and breweries – will be “cleaned up in months”. He says that without government intervention, there could be serious and irreversible damage to the sector. image caption, Energy prices are also driving P&J, which reports that Shetlanders face bills of £10,000 next year, double the UK average. It says 96% of people there will live on fuel and a household would need to have an income of £104,000 to avoid this. image caption, In the i newspaper, we learn that Tory leadership darling Liz Truss won’t reveal her plans to tackle the cost of living crisis until after she’s in office because she doesn’t have “data and information from the Treasury”. . The newspaper reports that detailed meetings to help combat soaring energy bills are not taking place despite pressure on Mrs Truss to reassure her party and the public that measures are in place if she wins. image caption, The Evening Express reports a shortage of volunteers to staff charity shops. He says this is an issue driven by the need for such stores during the worsening cost of living crisis. image caption, Liz Truss will approve a raft of North Sea oil and gas drilling licenses in one of her first acts as Prime Minister, the Times says. The move, according to the newspaper, is part of a long-term plan to ensure Britain’s energy security. image caption, ‘Another bombshell interview’ with the Duchess of Sussex makes the front page of the Scottish Daily Mail. The paper says the Sussexes’ “rift” with the Royal Family could deepen after a 6,400-word magazine article in which Meghan made a series of “apparent jabs”, warning she could “say anything” now that she has left the company. image caption, The Sussexes also make the front of The Scottish Sun. It says Meghan claimed Prince Harry told her “I’ve lost my dad” during their split from the royal family. A spokeswoman for the duchess later said Meghan was referring to her estranged father and said she hoped the same would not happen to her husband. image caption, At National, the SNP is attacking Labor over claims the party is proposing a ban on co-operation as it backs unionism. image caption, The Daily Telegraph reports research that finds statins don’t cause common pain and those who take them just age. The paper says GPs have been advised to give patients more reassurance about the drugs, which can protect against heart attacks and strokes. Researchers at the University of Oxford said they had “conclusively” disproved the widespread belief that statins are a possible cause of muscle pain, the paper says. image caption, The Daily Record leads a court case involving ex-Hearts player Lee Makel and threats he allegedly made to his wife. image caption, The Evening Telegraph leads with a story about a man who allegedly set himself on fire while setting fire to his mother’s car. image caption, And very disturbing news makes the front of Scotland’s Daily Star, which claims poisonous false widow spiders are “invading homes” and snakes are “on the loose” after being “discarded as expensive pets” in the cost of living crisis.
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