What the Sunday papers say

SUNDAY EXPRESS BRITAIN has the most uncompetitive property tax regime in the world and the looming hike in business rates will leave many companies struggling to survive, experts say. VICTORIA’S Secret owner L Brands has seen its net profits fall by 15.2 per cent to $1.06billion (£856million) because of restructuring costs, analysts believe. ROYAL Bank of Scotland is close to becoming a “normal” bank, chief executive Ross McEwan is expected to say at its results on Friday, despite its ninth consecutive annual loss.

SUNDAY TIMES MORE than five million people could be affected by a Government blunder that means it is sending out inaccurate state pension forecasts. TECHNOLOGY giants including Google and Uber could help to run the new HS2 train service under radical plans being explored by Whitehall.

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH THE CAR industry in Britain is facing a fresh crisis with BMW bracing for industrial action at its UK Mini and Rolls-Royce plants as fears grow over the future of jobs at Vauxhall’s factories. THE GOVERNMENT is pushing for a swift end to the stand-off between BT and Ofcom over the future of Britain’s internet infrastructure, urging the two sides to make a deal before the EU gets involved.

OBSERVER HINTS from Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen last week that US interest rates may soon rise came at the right time for the UK financial sector.