Newspaper headlines: Polio alert and Sunak defends pension rise

In other news, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has defended the government’s decision to raise the basic state pension by 10%, saying the move is less inflationary than accepting calls for higher public sector pay, the Financial Times reports. The paper also notes that teaching unions have threatened to follow rail workers and go on strike over pay and have asked the education secretary for a 12% pay rise.