There is a “Labour revolt on migrant hotels” according to the Daily Mail. At least four Labour councils are “understood to be studying the ruling and considering their own course” in a new “headache for the prime minister”. A picture of Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner drinking wine by the sea is captioned “raising a glass to your war on the middle classes, Ms Rayner?”
The Times also leads with Labour councils as they “explore migrant hotel legal action”. On the economy, “retailers warn Reeves that new taxes will hit living standards”. Meanwhile, happy campers are snapped arriving at Reading Festival with the main stages to open on Friday, ready for Chappell Roan and Hozier.
The Guardian says Labour councils “join revolt over asylum hotels” as Wirral and Tamworth explore high court injunctions. Also on the front, “Israel says it will expand Gaza City offensive” which Foreign Secretary David Lammy condemns the move as “a flagrant breach of international law”. A photo of Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh is splashed across the front as the court is told the terror charge against him “should be thrown out”.
The i Paper also runs with the asylum hotels for its top story, saying Labour councils “threaten legal action”. This has left the Home Office “scrambling to find alternative accommodation for potentially hundreds”. GCSE results make the i’s front too as “pupils face being turned away from sixth form due to capacity issues”.
“We don’t want to live like this” headlines the Daily Mirror, as asylum seekers speak out as “a voice for the voiceless”. One refugee from Somalia told the Mirror he is “living in fear” as protests are “deepening the trauma of terrified residents”. Farage “fuels fury” over the “Tory-made migrant hotel crisis”, the Mirror adds.
The Sun headlines on the “PM’s asylum nightmare” with “no vacancies”. Sir Keir Starmer is facing “the humiliation of Labour councils revolting against his government’s loathed migrant hotel policy”, the tabloid writes with “even Labour & Lib Dems looking at legal challenge”.
The Financial Times runs with an “unexpected acceleration” in UK inflation that “widens the gap with Eurozone peers” for its main headline. Its second story is the “Kremlin demand for role in security guarantees dims Ukraine peace hope”. On asylum hotels, the FT runs with Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch’s “call to councils” that asks Tory local authorities to take legal action.
The Daily Telegraph leads with comments from Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson that the state “has failed white working class pupils” ahead of GCSE results day. A new prostate cancer exam “clears way for screening” and Chancellor Rachel Reeves “eyes tax on pension lump sumps” are also top stories.
The nation is “struggling with ‘Oasis blues’ after epic summer reunion gigs” reports the Daily Star, headlining “Wonderwail!”
Millions face “energy bills ‘rip off’,” says the Daily Express. Campaigners have warned households will pay £300 a year more under Labour as the price cap is set to rise again.
“Cult priest guilty of 17 sex crimes” headlines Metro. The former leader of a “religious rave cult backed by the Church of England” Christopher Brian was found guilty of 17 counts of indecent assault against nine women. He was found not guilty of another 15 charges of indecent assault, while jurors are continuing to deliberate on a further four counts of indecent assault and one charge of rape.
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A warning from the education secretary that the majority of white, working-class children are falling short in English and Maths skills is the lead in the Telegraph. Bridget Phillipson has told the paper that there has been no improvement in the number of children in this group achieving a strong GCSE pass in the two subjects since 2017. She describes this as “appalling”.
People appear to find everything slightly more enjoyable if they have company while they are doing it according to a study covered in the Times. Forty thousand Americans were asked questions about their mood and whether they were “interacting” with someone while carrying out an activity in four different years between 2010 and 2021.
The paper says the researchers found with “remarkable consistency” that company was linked to better moods, even if the activity was something like reading, or just “thinking”.
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