Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
There are various stories on the front pages this Monday morning – including the government migrant plans and the US football team being knocked out of the World Cup.
Migrant plans
The Mail reports “remote island plan for Channel migrants.” The paper claims the government is drawing up proposals to fly asylum seekers to Ascension Island, a small British overseas territory in the South Atlantic if its Rwanda policy fails.
The Times says the government is in negotiations with five other countries as part of plans to send asylum seekers on a one-way flight, rather than moving them to another country temporarily.
The Daily Express and the Daily Telegraph both report on a warning to bosses who hire illegal migrants. Repeat offenders could face fines of up to £60,000 per employee and landlords housing migrants illegally could be fined up to £20,000 per tenant. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, the immigration minister, Robert Jenrick, denounces those he says are “enabling the business model of the people smugglers” and insists it is “only right” that fines should be “prohibitively expensive”.
The Guardian reports that MPs have been paid £10m from second jobs over the past year despite promises of a crackdown. The paper says the figure has been driven up largely by Tory MPs – particularly Boris Johnson who has made £4.8m, accounting for more than half the total.
US out of World Cup
Most of the papers report on the USWNT crashing out of the 2023 World Cup. It’s the earliest exit for the US women’s team – who are out in the round of 16. The US had been tipped to win the world cup.
The Metro leads with the return of Keira Walsh to the England squad – who was stretchered off with a knee injury in England’s second group game. The paper describes the US crashing out as a ‘double boost’ for England.
The Financial Times calls it ‘penalty pain’, whilst the Guardian leads with an image of Sweden’s goal scorer. The Telegraph has a large image of Lauren James with the headline: “Eyes on the prize.”