The Duchess of Sussex appears on many of the front pages. The Daily Mail, external leads with the Met searching for the letter it received containing allegations about Meghan’s father, Thomas Markle. The Daily Telegraph, external says it understands she was advised against speaking about it publicly in 2018, in case it jeopardised any subsequent investigation. The Sun, external makes further allegations about Thomas Markle and says Meghan’s statement on Friday was “brave and impactful”. Thomas Markle denies possessing child sex images.

The Financial Times, external says £20bn of extra funding will be announced for the National Wealth Fund and British Business Bank in next week’s Budget. The intention is for the money to create 100,000 jobs in sectors like AI, defence, and green energy by 2035. The additional borrowing to support the lending is expected to begin in 2028.

Andy Haldane, the former chief economist at the Bank of England has told the Times, external that he fears a “mañana budget” that defers difficult decisions, even though he says the country is “close to being taxed out and maxed out, in terms of borrowing”. Haldane, who acted as an informal advisor to Andy Burnham during his time as Greater Manchester mayor, called the economy the prime minister’s “blind spot”.

The cabinet is split on the issue of whether or not the UK should seek to rejoin the EU, the i Weekend, external says. A narrow majority of ministers favours rejoining, but the paper says there is no consensus on whether or not a referendum would be held, or whether or not the ambition risks re-opening the wounds of Brexit.

An archaeologist for Historic England says he’s resolved the long-running debate about which pub is the oldest in the country. Around two dozen establishments have claimed the status for themselves, but now the Guardian, external and the Daily Mail , externalsay Dr James Wright has settled the matter. Having checked building purposes, tree-ring dating on wooden beams, and researching existing surviving fabrics, the title goes to te George Inn, in Norton St Philip, in Somerset. Dr Wright says it has been in continuous service for more than 600 years.

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