The Sun
Home Office officials granted asylum to a migrant from Afghanistan, then did nothing when he went back there on holiday, according to The Sun.
The Times
Sir Keir Starmer will be told by senior cabinet ministers that lifting the two-child benefit cap is the most effective way of alleviating child poverty, The Times reports.
Daily Star
Wayne Rooney has admitted he’d be “dead” from alcohol problems without his wife Coleen, the Daily Star says.
Daily Express
Britain’s ability to deport criminals and failed asylum seekers could be undermined by “activist” judges, Robert Jenrick has warned, the Daily Express writes.
Daily Mail
Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff ignored official warnings he had to declare hundreds of thousands of pounds in political donations, according to the Daily Mail.
The i Paper
A breakthrough gene therapy has been shown to treat Huntington’s disease for the first time, slowing progression of symptoms by 75%, The i Paper says.
Metro
Sadiq Khan has mocked Donald Trump after the US president made several remarks about him, Metro writes, with the London mayor joking: “I think he’s got a crush on me.”
Daily Mirror
A firm owned by Strictly Come Dancing star Thomas Skinner has not paid back a £50,000 COVID loan, according to the Daily Mirror.
Financial Times
Investment giant Pimco is betting that falling inflation in the UK will pave the way for deeper interest rate cuts by the Bank of England, the Financial Times reports.
The paper also reports on one of the strongest storms to batter Asia in years, which has killed 17 people in Taiwan, with many more missing, as well as 10 people reported killed in the Philippines.
The Guardian
Deprived areas of the UK will be given tens of millions of pounds each from a fund Sir Keir Starmer hopes will help Labour tackle the Reform UK threat, The Guardian reports.
The Daily Telegraph
Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has told The Daily Telegraph that MPs are privately urging him to challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the leadership of the Labour Party.
