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The Guardian says Conservative MPs are increasingly worried about Boris Johnson’s competence and drive after he gave a rambling speech.

The Guardian says a government minister has been unable to guarantee that some people will not have to sell their homes to fund their own social care.

The Sun says PRITI Patel is “battling to stay in her job” over the Channel crossing migrants crisis, furious Tories have warned.

The Independent says Labour has accused Priti Patel of “dangerous failures” over migrant crossings in the English Channel amid claims it may ‘destroy the Tories’.

The Independent says Boris Johnson has delivered a slap down to culture secretary Nadine Dorries after she complained that she cannot air her right wing views on social media without being challenged.

The Independent says The Culture Secretary has complained that she cannot air her right wing views on social media without being challenged.

The Daily Express says a new levy could see pensioners forking out National Insurance contributions well into retirement.

The Guardian says Another detail of Boris Johnson’s largely-free holiday to southern Spain last month has emerged after the prime minister declared £1,800 of hospitality from Heathrow.

The Daily Express says LABOUR may have forced Boris Johnson’s hand this week on the ongoing Tory ‘sleaze’ scandal but the issue raises questions of its own for the opposition leader.

The Guardian says David Cameron has quit his role at the software company Afiniti after a 23-year-old former employee accused the firm’s multimillionaire founder of sexual assault.

The Guardian says MPs should still be allowed to work about 10 to 15 hours a week in second jobs as long as they are not offering political consultancy, a cabinet minister has said.

The Independent says Boris Johnson has insisted that Britain is not “remotely a corrupt country” amid continuing fallout over the conduct of some MPs.

The Guardian says Geoffrey Cox has earned at least £6m from his second job since he entered parliament and he skipped 12 recent votes on days when he was doing paid legal work.

The Guardian says The UK justice secretary, Dominic Raab, has defended the MP and former attorney general Geoffrey Cox for working for a month in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) during lockdown.

Daily Mirror says The resignation of former Tory minister Owen Paterson has thrown the issue of MPs’ incomes into the spotlight.

The Independent says Priti Patel’s immigration bill risks hampering the prosecution of human traffickers in the UK and making it more difficult for people to escape exploitation, senior police officers have warned.

The Daily Mirror says The SNP called on Scotland Yard to investigate after it emerged that eight of the Tory Party’s last nine main treasurers were offered peerages when each had donated millions to the Conservatives.

The Guardian says MPs could be banned from having consultancy jobs like Owen Paterson’s under plans for a clampdown on sleaze being considered by the Commons.

The Guardian says Keir Starmer says Labour will boycott the commission set up to overhaul the parliamentary sleaze system, after MPs voted to protect the Conservative MP Owen Paterson from suspension over lobbying claims.

The Daily Express says the deputy Labour leader, who has been off on bereavement leave, said that “in the future I will be more careful about how I do that and in the language that I choose.”

The Guardian says Boris Johnson is facing calls to enact “David’s law” to crack down on social media abuse of public figures and end online anonymity in the wake of the killing of Sir David Amess.

The Guardian says Boris Johnson will lead tributes to Sir David Amess in the House of Commons on Monday as debate rages about how drastically to step up security.

The Daily Mirror says as Boris Johnson stood at his easel trying to emulate his hero Winston Churchill, at home he was being condemned for failing to lead the nation through its worst crisis since the Second World War.

TRT World says G20 leaders have gathered for a virtual summit focused on addressing the looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

The Daily Mirror says more than £500 million will be cut from the incomes of people across dozens of ‘red wall’ seats as a result of brutal Tory universal credit cuts.