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Sky News says thousands of new school places are to be created in England – particularly for children in disadvantaged areas and for those with special needs.

The controversial Rwanda plan is set to see the first group of migrants be flown to Rwanda under a new scheme from the British government.

The Metro says Boris Johnson will set out plans for lower-paid workers to be able to use their housing benefits to buy their homes and an extension of the right to buy for housing association tenants.

The Metro says Cigarettes could be phased out from the market altogether by slowly increasing the age they can be bought.

The Independent says bosses at YouGov suppressed publication of a poll during the 2017 election campaign because it was “too positive about Labour”, a former manager at the pollster has claimed.

Sky News says the cost of filling the average family car with petrol is tipped to exceed £100 for the first time, when industry figures are released later on Thursday.

The Independent says the cost of filling up a typical family car with petrol could exceed £100 as soon as Thursday, according to the RAC motoring group.

Sky News says Boris Johnson will announce new measures to help people to get on to the property ladder during a speech in which he pledges to hard-pressed UK households that “things will get better”.

Boris Johnson survived the confidence vote, but only narrowly – so what does the future look like for the PM?

PM Boris Johnson survived the confidence vote, but only narrowly – so how did the UK newspapers react to the news? and what does the future look like for the PM.