Osborne denies ticket dispute
The Chancellor George Osborne paid a £189.50 upgrade after boarding a first class train carriage with a standard class ticket this afternoon. The Treasury said Mr Osborne was not aware of any row with a ticket officer.
What the newspapers say about Osborne train incident
- The Telegraph uses the 'Great Train Snobbery' headline with a picture of Mr Osborne in his first-class seat above the caption 'Not for moving'.
- The Sun's front page promises 'Two 1st class Tory c**k-ups' and carries a picture of the smiling ticket collector John McGann.
- The Independent also pairs the story with Andrew Mitchell's decision to quit, using the headline 'Mitchell quits at last – but then Osborne makes a first class howler'.
- The Financial Times reports on speculation that Mr Mitchell's resignation may have been timed to knock the Osborne affair off today's front pages.
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