Daily Express - PM: Migrant barge is fair and will save money

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The Daily Express reports that Rishi Sunak has defended plans to house migrants on a barge as “fair” and a saving for taxpayers. The barge will house 500 migrants off the Dorset coast. 

The paper features an image of King Charles sipping gin on a distillery tour in Yorkshire. 

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