The Guardian leads on Trump’s “dramatic escalation” to quell LA protests against sweeping immigration raids in the US. The paper reports that Trump has been accused of “hoping for chaos”.
A photograph of a group of heavily armed US National Guard soldiers in LA dominates the front page of the Times. The paper also reports that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to “boost” police budgets before this week’s spending review.
The Financial Times follows with Trump’s “LA face-off” as it says law enforcement officers used “rubber bullets” and “flash-bang grenades” to fend off protesters.
The i leads with the potential “softening” of cuts to welfare benefits to “head off a rebellion of 170 MPs” as Reeves prepares for the spending review.
The “NHS is out for your blood!” declares the Metro as it reports that around “200,000 more” blood donors are “urgently” needed to increase stocks.
The Daily Mirror echoes the “blood donor red alert” in its coverage of the “worst-ever crisis” facing the NHS as supplies plunge to a “critical low”.
The Daily Telegraph features a warning to the chancellor that the police service is “broken”, saying morale has been left “crushed” by funding cuts.
The Express says “angry campaigners” are demanding Reeves does not “betray pensioners again” after Labour’s winter fuel payment U-turn.
The Daily Mail leads with its investigation into “corrupt immigration” advisers helping “illegal workers dupe the Home Office in a cash for visas scam”.
“Hotter than Morocco” says the Daily Star, and predicts temperatures of 30C by the end of this week.
The Sun focuses on what it says is Britain’s £4.7bn annual bill to keep migrants in hotels.
The Times leads on the above-inflation increase to the policing budget, that the paper says has been agreed before Wednesday’s spending review.
The representative bodies of police officers and superintendents have written a joint letter in The Daily Telegraph saying morale has been “crushed”.
The i Paper reports a potential modification to cuts to welfare benefits on Wednesday, in order to head of a large rebellion of unhappy Labour MPs.
The Financial Times says that the publication of the government’s industrial strategy has been delayed due to the spending review on Wednesday.
The Daily Mail says corrupt immigration advisers are charging illegal workers to supply bogus skilled jobs for unqualified staff.
The Guardian reports that creditors vying to take over Thames Water have demanded that the company and its managers are granted immunity from prosecution for serious environmental crimes as a condition of acquiring it.
The Daily Mirror reports on the urgent shortage of blood in the NHS.
It says the health service has around half of the six days’ worth of national stock it aims for and donations are falling.
The Sun leads on research it has commissioned which says there is an annual bill of £4.7bn to house and support illegal migrants in the UK.
And finally, William Shakespeare was inspired to write Hamlet by a play called… Hamlet, according to the the Daily Star.
Sign up for our morning newsletter and get News in your inbox.
.png?trim=0,0,0,0&width=1200&height=800&crop=1200:800 "‘Too low, now too high’: Rachel Reeves’ winter fuel U-turn reignites fairness debate – UK Times")