Browsing: Today’s news summary

Photos of the prime minister’s former press secretary, Allegra Stratton, laughing feature on many of Wednesday’s front pages – as the claims that Downing Street held a Christmas party during lockdown last December were given fresh impetus.

Tuesday’s front pages report on the Foriegn Office whistleblower’s claim that fewer than 5% of Afghans who sent emails pleading to be evacuated during the Taliban takeover received any help from the UK.

Many of Monday’s papers cover the government’s drug strategy announcement, focusing on the proposed punishments for middle-class illegal drug users.

Many of the front pages feature a smiling photograph of six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, who died in Solihull last year after horrendous abuse by his father and stepmother.

Most of Thursday’s front pages focus on Covid restrictions and government guidance over the Christmas period.

Many of Wednesday’s front pages lead with the government’s new target to offer a Covid booster jab to every adult in England by the end of January.

Many of Tuesday’s front pages focus on the expansion of the Covid booster programme in response to the Omicron variant.

Monday’s front pages are dominated by the latest developments surrounding the Omicron coronavirus variant.

Coverage of the English Channel migrant situation continues to dominate the front pages.

Thursday’s front pages are dominated by coverage of the deaths of dozens of migrants in the Channel.