The Sun reports that Jay Blades, former presenter of the BBC's Repair Shop programme, has been charged with two counts of rape, external. He fronted the programme for seven years before stepping back last year. The story is also the lead for the Daily Mirror, but it quotes Labour MP Mike Tapp as saying that Farage is "fanning the flames of hate" with his comments, external, and is a "fake patriot". The Treasury said the use of prepayment schemes had been factored into forecasts for how much money would be raised by the tax. "Pain in vain for England's one-armed warrior", was how the Telegraph summed it up., external
