What the Sunday papers say

SUNDAY EXPRESS CONSUMERS face a spending squeeze, as inflation is this week set to hit its highest level since November 2013 and continue soaring to 3 per cent, economists warn. ADVENTURE holidays group Intrepid Travel says bookings for US trips from its British and Australian customers have dropped 30 per cent since Donald Trump became president in January. AMAZON is to offer help to 400 small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) later this month to boost their export sales, get online and increase their efficiency.

SUNDAY TIMES ALMOST 10 million energy customers will see their bills increase over the next six weeks if they do not switch tariffs, as a round of inflation-beating price rises take effect. POLICY changes due to start hitting bereaved families in less than three weeks will land them with a £600million-a-year “stealth death tax”.

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH REGULATORS at the Bank of England are growing increasingly concerned about the future of Co-operative Bank as the beleaguered lender struggles to find a rescue buyer. HUNGRY buyout barons are eyeing Unilever’s Flora, Bertolli and Stork brands as the consumer goods giant prepares a £6billion sale of its margarine division.

OBSERVER BOB Diamond, the former chief executive of Barclays, who was once branded the “unacceptable face of banking”, is back after agreeing to buy one of London’s oldest stockbroking firms.