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‘Rwanda policy passes in the Lords’ & ‘Huw Edwards resigns’ – Paper Talk

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Many of Tuesday’s front pages report on the government’s latest efforts to get its Rwanda asylum policy passed into law. 

Many of the right-leaning newspapers that back the current government celebrate the news that Parliament has passed the Rwanda bill following late-night sitting and months of wrangling. They claim that the policy will act as a deterrent and as soon as flights start to take off, migrants will stop attempting to cross the channel. 

Elsewhere, many of the papers leave room on the front pages to cover Huw Edwards – the former BBC presenter who has not been on air due to an alleged sex scandal. Yesterday he announced he has quit the BBC on “medical advice”. 

Away from domestic news, a couple of the papers leave room for front-page coverage of Donald Trump’s NYC case.

Sick note Britain crackdown & Thames Water re-nationalised – Paper Talk

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Friday’s newspaper leads feature various stories, but almost all of them are domestic political news. A number of the headlines lead on plans from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to challenge what he describes as Britain’s “sick note culture.” Elsewhere, the EU’s olive branch to UK students, Thames Water nationalisation plans and the Tory MP cash scandal make the front pages.

Several UK papers, and most of the Scottish front pages, of course, lead on news that former Scottish First Minister, Nicola Strugeon’s husband has been charged with stealing from the SNP. 

Most of the papers offer up a snippet of their review of the latest Taylor Swift album on their front pages. So far, it’s all glowing reviews for Taylor’s – The Tortured Poets Department.

‘Rwanda plan stalled by Lords’ & ‘Tories behind in polls’ – Paper Talk

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Thursday’s front pages lead on a variety of stories, with mostly domestic political news being splashed.

The government’s Rwanda plans, the latest political polling, Angela Rayner’s tax scandal and Brexit are among the headlines. Several papers cover international news, including flash flooding in the Gulf states, Prince Harry is a hot topic for a couple of the tabloids, as the prince lists the USA as his main residence.

The papers also pick up on both Manchester City and Arsenal being knocked out of the Champions League.

Liz Truss endorses Donald Trump to win US election

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The UK’s shortest-serving PM Liz Truss has endorsed Donald Trump to win this year’s US election, saying the “world was safer” when he was in the White House. The former prime minister said the world was “on the cusp of very, very strong conflict” and needed “a strong America more than ever”.