Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer “faces growing unrest over record asylum claims” reports the i Paper as “twenty-eight local authorities, including eight run by Labour” consider legal action against asylum hotels. In education news, “boys narrow GCSE gap – as education leaders warn of ‘resit crisis'”. Children’s author Jacqueline Wilson is pictured after giving an interview to the paper saying “people don’t expect sex scenes from me.”
There are “111,000 record asylum seekers” headlines Metro. “Boat arrivals surge in PM’s first year” with a “14% rise despite Keir Starmer’s promise to smash gangs and get immigration under control”. At the same time, the backlog of asylum cases “has dropped below 100,000 for the first time in four years”, Metro adds.
The Daily Express calls it a “day of shame” for “weak” Labour as new figures on migrants come in. More than 32,000 asylum seekers are staying in hotels – one of several figures it calls “shocking”.
The Times headlines on a planned “wave of protests” against immigration at asylum hotels. “Anti-racism groups are scrambling to coordinate counter-protests”, the paper writes. In other front page news, “increasing reliance on chatbots leads to rise of ‘AI psychosis’,” writes the Times quoting Microsoft’s head of artificial intelligence. More and more people “believe chatbots have become sentient or have imbued them with superhuman powers”. A photo of a girl receiving her GCSE results is splashed across the paper as the Times says “GCSE reform aims to draw a line under endless resits”.
The Daily Mail says there is an “all-time high for asylum claims” as Labour was “accused of losing control of Britain’s borders”. A photo of Lucy Connolly, the woman who was jailed for stirring up racial hatred following the Southport attack, is is the main image on the front “as she’s freed after 377 days in jail”. The Mail has the “inside story” of her “prison torment”.
The Guardian headlines on how “83% of Gaza war dead are civilians, Israeli data suggests”. This is an “extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare” according to the paper. Also on the Guardian’s front page, “Moscow deals blow to Ukraine peace talks”. Russia is “insisting it must have a veto over any post-war support for the country”. Refugee groups are facing far-right threats and have been “forced to install safe rooms in their premises”, the paper reports citing “research documents” it has seen.
The British government will take over “linchpin of Gupta’s UK steel business” Liberty Steel, writes the Financial Times after “one of the UK’s largest steelworks was declared insolvent”. The broadsheets main image shows civilians escaping an Israel strike on tents housing displaced Palestinians in Gaza. There are “tents in flames” as “Netanyahu prepares to approve fresh Gaza offensive” and “Palestinians flee”. The paper also reports there has been “outrage in Italy over Facebook group where men exchanged photos of wives” that has “exposed deep gender tensions” in the country.
In a “showbiz exclusive”, The Daily Mirror reports Strictly Come Dancing has been “rocked… already!” Game of Thrones star Kristian Nairn “quits after one week for medical reasons”.
“We’ve bot no chance” laments the Daily Star as the “Godfather of AI warns robots will dominate humans”. It echoes the Mirror with “Strictly swapsies” as actor Lewis Cope replaces Kristian Nairn.
