Thursday’s UK newspaper front & back pages – 2 October 2025

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Refugees will lose the automatic right to have their families join them in Britain, as Sir Keir Starmer tries to reduce the “pull factors” driving illegal migrant crossings. That’s the story in the i.

Daily Mirror

Lady Mone should have her title taken away from her after a court told a PPE supplier linked to her to repay £122m over 25 million faulty medical gowns during the COVID-19.

The Times

Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to make refugees earn the right to bring their families to Britain is the lead in The Times.

The Sun

The Sun leads on the Baroness Mone story, saying there are calls to strip her of her peerage.

Financial Times

The Financial Times reports on efforts by ministers to force Apple to allow access to British users’ encrypted data.

Daily Express

The Daily Express reports on the end of the Rochdale grooming gang trial, reporting the judge’s comments that victims were failed by those who should have kept them safe.

Daily Mail

Baroness Mone is being pushed into repaying £122m and giving up her title, reports the Daily Mail.

The Guardian

The Guardian leads on the government’s court win over a PPE supplier linked to Baroness Mone, which, it reports, supplied millions of unusable surgical gowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Daily Star

The Daily Star goes with comments by Health Secretary Wes Streeting about vegetables and Liz Truss.

The Daily Telegraph

A promise by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch to roll back laws designed to help the UK achieve net zero is the lead in The Daily Telegraph.

Metro

The top story in the Metro is the government’s PPE victory over Baroness Mone, whom the paper says is blaming a number of different parties for her court defeat.

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