Immigration minister Robert Jenrick says he is “very confident” the Supreme Court will rule in favour of plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, but that he will do “whatever is necessary” to end the small boats crisis, the Daily Express reports. The paper says his comments come after being asked whether the UK would quit the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) if the government loses.
The Daily Telegraph reports that up to a third of Rishi Sunak’s cabinet will ask him to put leaving the ECHR at the heart of the next general election campaign if flights to Rwanda are blocked by the courts.
Tents bought by Home Office could be used to house thousands of asylum seekers at RAF Wethersfield in Essex following talks with local groups, according to an exclusive for the i newspaper.
The Daily Mail asks whether the UK has “finally turned a corner on mortgage misery” after several high profile lenders cut their rates. Halifax, the nation’s largest lender, will slash the cost of its loans this week by up to 0.71 percentage points, the paper reports.
The Guardian reports that one in three students starting university this year may opt to live at home, according to research that found rising costs and family needs were affecting the “Covid generation” of school leavers.
The Times reports on comments made by Met Police boss Sir Mark Rowley, who is calling on ministers to urgently push through legislation which would give dismissal powers to police chiefs rather than independent lawyers.
Metro leads with the arrest of comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli, who has been charged in connection with “non-recent” sexual offences. The 54-year-old’s arrest follows an investigation by the Times newspaper which said several people had raised concerns about his behaviour.
Phillip Schofield has been spotted in public for the first time in weeks, according to the Daily Mirror, which features an image of the former This Morning presenter leaving a west London restaurant with friend Vanessa Feltz. It comes as ITV faces fresh bullying allegations in the wake of the row that cost Mr Schofield his job, the paper says.
The Financial Times reports that Chinese tech firms are rushing to acquire high-performance Nvidia chips vital for building generative artificial intelligence systems, following a series of measures unveiled by the Biden administration designed to limit Chinese access to advanced technology.
The Sun reports that an Only Fans model was “told off” by police after posing in a bikini outside Windsor Castle.
And data published in the Daily Star suggests people are sneaking away from their desks to do other things when they are meant to be working from home.
