'Britain's real immigration crisis' and 'Carry on, doctor!'
The Observer's front page is taken up with a stamped and faded image of the Royal Crest, headlined "Britain's real immigration crisis and the solution". The story promises to detail "Labour's push for digital ID for all". Also on the front page, "Reform UK councillors seek looser visa rules" and "the fear that haunts Jersey's migrant workers".
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The Mail on Sunday continues with its lead story from Saturday - a new biography of Prince Andrew, whom it refers to as "Epstein's useful idiot". Also on its front page, two thirds of resident doctors "defy strike calls" in a "huge blow to militant unions' bid to wreak hospital havoc". "Carry on, Doctor!" says The Mail.
Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been "quizzed on three Brits" linked to the deceased paedophile financier, according to the Daily Mirror. US lawyers are focussed on "other pals apart from Prince Andrew", it adds.
"Gaza children to be flown in for NHS treatment" reads the headline of The Sunday Times. The government will let up to 300 of the seriously ill youths receive free medical care, it reports. Also on the front page, MP Chris Bryant tells The Times he was sexually abused by former National Youth Theatre head Michael Croft, and the summer camp host who gave children "sedative sweets" has been remanded. Businesses have pulled adverts over a Channel 4 documentary that children's commissioner says "risks glamourising degrading sex."
A "Strictly cocaine probe" is The Sun's lead story, as the tabloid says the BBC's law firm is leading an inquiry into "two stars" adding "it is said their drug use was "well known'." The BBC told the paper, "We have clear protocols and policies in place for dealing with any serious complaint raised with us." In other front page news, the prime minister has promised there will be "gongs for lionesses".
An interview with Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch leads the Sunday Telegraph. In it she says "Labour has not learnt from Truss 'mistakes'." She accuses the government of bringing the country "closer to a debt spiral". The Telegraph also reports that a senior civil servant "tried to gag" former immigration minister Robert Jenrick for saying terror suspects had arrived on small boats – in a piece written for The Telegraph after his tenure. The now Shadow Secretary of State was told the information "should not have been made public" and the Home Office neither confirmed nor denied his claims, the paper writes.
Hundreds of seriously ill children will be evacuated from Gaza and brought to the UK to be treated by the NHS, external, according to the Sunday Times. The paper says details of the plans, which are being worked on by the Foreign, Home and Health Secretaries, will be announced within weeks. It quotes a Whitehall source as saying that up to 300 children will be helped and the paper says each child will be accompanied by a parent or guardian and siblings if necessary.
Immigration is The Observer, external's lead, with the paper's political editor reporting that the Prime Minister is seriously considering a universal digital ID system to tackle illegal arrivals, and improve the delivery of public services. One senior minister tells the paper that it has become clear that "technology" is underpinning everything.
The Sunday Telegraph leads with a warning from the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, that Sir Keir Starmer and the Chancellor Rachel Reeves have not "learned the lessons" of Liz Truss's mini-budget, external, during her brief stint as Prime Minister in 2022. Writing in the paper, Badenoch accuses the government of making "even bigger mistakes" than Truss and of taking Britain's finances "to the brink".
Concerns that Hamas sympathisers may pose the same threat in the UK as Isis and al-Qaeda jihadists are highlighted on the front page of the Sunday Express, external. It says the Prime Minister has been warned that the war in Gaza could inspire more extremists to commit atrocities and that the group's leaders could radicalise Westerners who may be "sympathetic" to the Palestinian cause.
Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted ex-girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, has been questioned about "three Brits" linked to the late sex offender, external, according to The Sunday Mirror. The paper says US lawyers are focussed on "other pals apart from Prince Andrew", who has always strongly denied any wrongdoing.
The Mail on Sunday says two-thirds of resident doctors ignored their union's recent five-day strike, external, and carried on working. The paper says the drop in numbers in support of the walkout is a "huge blow" to what it calls the British Medical Association's bid to "wreak hospital havoc".
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