The Guardian – Angry Tory MPs urge PM to come clean over party
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The Guardian – Angry Tory MPs urge PM to come clean over party
Senior Conservatives are calling on Boris Johnson to publicly confess he attended the lockdown rule-breaking garden party at Downing Street, The Guardian reports.
Today's Headlines
The Guardian – Home Office to detain UK asylum seekers in shock Rwanda move
Front page summary The Guardian – Home Office to detain UK asylum seekers in shock Rwanda move The Guardian reports that the Home Office is planning to launch a major operation to detain asylum seekers across the UK from Monday, in preparation for their deportation to Rwanda. The paper says officials plan to pick people up or hold them when they arrive for meetings with immigration services or bail appointments. It adds that campaigners have
The Guardian – Yousaf in peril as Greens say they will back no-confidence motion
Front page summary The Guardian – Yousaf in peril as Greens say they will back no-confidence motion The Guardian leads on the news that Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf is facing a no-confidence motion, backed by the Scottish Greens after he unilaterally ended their power-sharing deal. The paper says he “stunned” his allies and opponents on Thursday when he announced the end of the power-sharing deal between the SNP and the Scottish Greens. Elsewhere, disgraced
The Guardian – Labour pledges to nationalise rail network with 5 years
Front page summary The Guardian – Labour pledges to nationalise rail network with 5 years The Guardian writes on Labour’s promise of the “biggest reform of railways in a generation” with a plan to bring the train network into national ownership. The paper says the planned reforms would be one of the party’s “first major acts” if it wins power. The paper says Labour insiders hailed the plan as the moment the party “would begin
The Guardian – PM to raise defence spending and put arms industry on war footing
Front page summary The Guardian – PM to raise defence spending and put arms industry on war footing The Guardian says Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised to provide at least £3bn a year to Ukraine “for as long as required” as part of his new pledge to raise defence spending. The paper says the promise comes after months of pressure from Tory MPs – including the defence secretary – to boost military spending “to
The Guardian – Met Police chief praises conduct of officer in antisemitism row
Front page summary The Guardian – Met Police chief praises conduct of officer in antisemitism row The Guardian says the Met chief has praised the professionalism of the officer at the centre of an antisemitism row, saying police at other protests had been “set up” by activists using “fakery” to undermine the force. The force has been criticised over footage in which the officer could be heard telling Gideon Falter he was worried what would
The Guardian – PM faces calls to put Afghan concession in Rwanda bill
Front page summary The Guardian – PM faces calls to put Afghan concession in Rwanda bill The Guardian reports the prime minister is under pressure to make last-minute concessions to secure the passage of his Rwanda deportation bill. Conservative MPs are calling for concessions in the Rwanda bill. They want people from Afghanistan who served alongside UK forces in the past to be protected from being sent to Rwanda if they are found among those