Government plans to move migrants from asylum hotels to former military barracks is the lead for Metro. Defence Secretary John Healey confirmed that his department is considering using sites as “temporary accommodation” for people who arrive on small boats.
The i Paper also leads with “fast-tracked” plans to close migrants hotels, as PM Keir Starmer faces warnings from Red Wall Labour MPs to take a “tougher approach” to the issue. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood calls the record number of Channel crossings this year “utterly unacceptable”.
The number of migrants arriving in the UK by small boat this year surpassed 30,000 on the new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s first day in office, the Daily Mail reports. More than 1,000 arrived on Saturday, the second-highest number to enter the country in a 24-hour period, according to the paper.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says gangs are “wreaking havoc”, as the Daily Express also reports on the number of migrants arriving in the UK by small boat this year reaching 30,000.
Starmer has appointed “Blairites” to key positions in a bid to boost economic growth, the Times reports. Figures from Labour’s “reforming right flank” have been handed control of main economic departments, as they seek to push through welfare reforms and ease net-zero regulation, according to the paper.
Union chiefs have “vowed to fight” for a workers’ rights bill following Angela Rayner’s resignation, the Daily Telegraph reports. The prime minister has “been put on notice” that he must not “water down” the bill following the cabinet reshuffle.
Senior Labour figures have warned the prime minister to “stop making mistakes”, following Angela Rayner’s resignation. Emily Thornberry, who the paper describes as a “potential contender” for the party’s deputy leadership role, warns Starmer that more gaffes could “hand our country to Farage”.
The Daily Mirror asks Reform UK leader Nigel Farage: “How much tax do you pay?” The paper reports that Farage has been “slammed” by union chiefs for refusing to publish his tax returns, despite other party leaders doing so.
A judge has “sparked fury” after wishing an extremist “all the best” as he prepares to walk free, according to the Sun.
The UK is facing “autumn mayhem”, according to the Daily Star, as Storm Amy is set to “batter Britain” with 65mph gales and torrential rain. Two more storms are set to hit the country this autumn, the paper reports.
China is preparing to reopen its bond market to major Russian energy groups, according to the Financial Times, in a sign of “deepening diplomatic and economic ties between Beijing and Moscow”. It would be the first Russian corporate fundraising in mainland China since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
1,097 is a figure that appears on some of the front pages, the number of people arriving on boats on Shabana Mahmood’s first full day as home secretary. The Daily Mail says the surge of migrants tipped the total for the year over 30,000 in record time. The i Paper says Mahmood described the figure as “utterly unacceptable”, while the Daily Telegraph says she accused the smuggling gangs of “wreaking havoc” on our borders.
The Sun says that the one measure that could smash asylum claims at a stroke and allow the deportations to begin would be to quit membership of the European Court of Human Rights. The Daily Mail says the only long-term solution to this crisis is a deterrent that drastically reduces the numbers arriving, “something for which Labour has no credible policy”, it concludes.
The Times turns its attention to some of the other issues facing Sir Keir Starmer’s new cabinet. It says the prime minister has tasked “Blairites” in his new team with securing growth, by changing regulations on building and net-zero and pushing through welfare reforms. The Daily Mirror says the government is being urged by the unions not to give up Angela Rayner’s dream of workers’ rights. The paper says her departure – and the sacking of the Employment Rights Minister Justin Madders – have sparked concern.
The Guardian looks ahead to the upcoming battle for the deputy Labour leadership and says Sir Keir has been warned by senior party figures to stop making mistakes, to avoid handing the country to Reform. The Daily Telegraph says the unions are expected to back someone closer to them than Rayner was. “Which Deputy would be the PM’s nightmare?” the paper wonders.
Many of the papers celebrate the victory of England’s cricketers over South Africa in Southampton. The Times says Jacob Bethell’s first professional century led England to the largest winning margin in men’s one-day-international history, despite South Africa’s series victory.
The Daily Mail says the American musical couple Beyonce and Jay Z are to join the Cotswolds set, as they are close to buying a 58-acre property near the village of Great Dew. The paper says the area is already home to celebrities including the Beckhams, Jeremy Clarkson and the former US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. Borrowing from the title of one of Beyonce’s biggest hits, the Times headlines its coverage: “Crazy in Wiggington.”
