'Musk turns on Farage' and 'big freeze hits Britain'

The majority of Monday's newspapers lead on Elon Musk calling for Nigel Farage to be replaced as the leader of Reform UK, claiming "he doesn't have what it takes". The Daily Telegraph says the US tech billionaire, a key ally of Donald Trump, turned on Farage on Sunday over their opposing stances on far-right activist Tommy Robinson.

The Guardian also leads on Musk's calls to replace Farage, saying the X owner appeared to endorse Rupert Lowe, the Great Yarmouth MP, as a possible replacement. A picture of a boy playing in the snow during the UK's "cold snap" is also displayed on the front page.

Britain could need a "push start" on Monday after snow and ice brought much of it to a "standstill", says the Daily Mirror. Temperatures dropped as low as -11C on Sunday, leading to road and rail disruption.

Writing in the Times, Sir Keir Starmer has said he will "drag care out of the hospital and into the community". The prime minister says the NHS "exhibits all the symptoms of a chronic illness" and needs "radical change" if waiting lists are to be cut. Starmer will set out plans on Monday to ensure that community diagnostic centres- which offer tests, scans and x-rays - are open 12 hours a day, seven days a week, it adds.

The Daily Express quotes the National Crime Agency's director of operations as saying there could be a rise in small boat crossings in the spring. He told the paper there may be a "very big push from organised crime gangs to pull migrants through routes into the Channel".

An investigation by the Daily Mail has found that e-scooter collisions have "trebled in three years". The paper found that deaths and serious injuries linked to the motorised machines have also reached "worryingly high levels".

Wall Street bankers are gearing up for a revival in initial public offerings, says the Financial Times, as private equity groups seek to tap "buoyant US equities markets to offload some of their flagship holdings".

The i newspaper says a plan unveiled by the last government, which would stop people replacing their existing gas boilers with new ones from from 2035, will be scrapped by the government. Labour will "step up efforts to persuade homeowners" to switch to more environmentally friendly heat pumps when their existing boilers need replacing, including extending a £7,500 subsidy, it adds.

The Metro reports that 32-year-old Bianca Perea has been told she is now "cancer-free" after undergoing Britain's first liver transplant to treat advanced bowel cancer.

And the Daily Star says "sickies will double" on Monday with "a million workers shirking off the office because of snow and ice".