The Independent says the foreign secretary has insisted the government’s policy to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda is “completely moral” after the Church of England’s senior bishops condemned the plan.
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The Independent says real pay has fallen at a record rate, with public sector workers seeing a particularly big hit to their earnings while bankers toasted “extremely high” bonuses, official figures show.
The Guardian says The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection on Monday scrutinized the conspiracy theories that led a group of Donald Trump’s supporters to attack the US Capitol and produced damning testimony for the former US president.
The Guardian says Average wages in the UK are falling at the fastest rate for more than a decade as annual pay growth fails to keep pace with the rising cost of living.
The Guardian says Liz Truss says Rwanda flights policy is ‘completely moral’ amid backlash and criticism from royals and Church officials.
The Guardian says The tower’s former residents will never forget the fear and chaos of 14 June 2017, or the anger and grief that followed. They talk about the night when everything changed – and their long battles to regain some kind of normality
The Independent says It began at 12.54am on 14 June 2017 and became the deadliest blaze in England for 120 years. Five years on, survivors tell Colin Drury they’re still struggling to right the wrongs of that fateful night
The Metro says It’s been five years to the day since fire engulfed the Grenfell Tower block in West London, tragically claiming the lives of 72 people.
“EU threatens legal action to protect Brexit deal” – that’s the headline on the front splash of The Independent.
A plane carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda has been cleared for take-off, Metro says.
“EU to fight UK in court over bid to scrap Brexit checks” – that’s on the front page of the Guardian which leads with NI protocol.
“Wills: It’s Andrew or me” – that’s on the front page of the Daily Mirror which reports on the latest royal news.
“Andrew’s rift with royals deepens over his ‘birthright’” – that’s on the front page of The Daily Express.
“Wills’ House of Windsor” is the headline of the Sun which leads with news Prince William and his family are moving to Winsdor.
There’s a variety of stories dominating Tuesday’s front pages – reports on the controversial Rwanda plan, another royal rift and the Northern Ireland protocol.
BBC News says three more people due to be on the first flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda are planning legal challenges before take-off later on Tuesday.
Sky News says the bodies of a British journalist and his colleague – who have been missing in the Amazon rainforest for more than a week – have not been found, it has been claimed, despite earlier reports.
France24 says survivors and families of the victims of Britain’s worst residential fire since World War II will on Tuesday mark the fifth anniversary of the tragedy.
Euronews says At least five people are now known to have died in the severe floods that have hit central Turkey.
Aljazeera says At least 50 people have died in an attack by armed men on a village in northern Burkina Faso, a government spokesman said.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will later publish plans to scrap parts of the post-Brexit deal he struck with the EU in 2020.
Daily Mirror says Britain is set for highs of 30C this week as a “Spanish plume” brings the “first properly hot summer’s day” of the year.
Daily Mirror says Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is being investigated by Parliament’s standards watchdog over two alleged breaches of Commons rules.
Daily Mirror says A judge has ruled a boy’s life-support should stop following a treatment dispute at the High Court.
Daily Mirror says Prince Andrew will not appear in public at today’s Garter Day service in Windsor, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.