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The Guardian – Tories risk bitter legal feud after Rwanda policy is ruled unlawful Summary of the front page The likely upcoming legal battle facing the Conservative party after their plan to relocate asylum seekers to Rwanda was ruled unlawful is the lead story in the Guardian. The front page leads with an image of the mother of the teenage boy shot dead in France by a cop during a traffic stop. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers

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Financial Times – Record withdrawals from banks as British households tap into savings Summary of the front page Record withdrawals from banks as customers dip into their savings accounts is the splash on the front of the Financial Times. British households withdrew £4.6bn from bank accounts last month, the highest level since monthly records began in 1997, according to the paper. The front page says the data, published by the Bank of England, suggests consumers are either shopping around for higher interest rates or tapping into their savings to pay their bills. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a…

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Metro – Grounded hog day for Rishi Summary of the front page The Metro leads on the news that the government’s plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has once again been blocked by the courts. A front pages says judges have found Rwanada would not be safe for Channel migrants because there was a “real risk” they would be passed back to their home country. The paper adds that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has vowed to appeal against the decision but that “months of legal wrangles lie ahead”. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National…

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Daily Mirror – Meals plea to PM Summary of the front page The Daily Mirror splashes on a letter from a seven-year-old girl to the prime minister asking for all children to be given free school meals. Poppy asks the PM to provide free meals to all primary school children. “If you don’t have much money you can’t have food. If you don’t have food your brain won’t learn,” it reads. The entire front page is dedicated to the story. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers

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The Sun – Maddie’s suspect’s chilling confession Summary of the front page The Sun says the main suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann effectively confessed his involvement to a former friend. The front page also leaves room for Mason Mount’s transfer to Man United. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers

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Daily Express – Rishi’s radical plan to fix NHS Summary of the front page The Daily Express leads on what it describes as Rishi Sunak’s “radical plan” to fix the NHS, calling it a “once in a generation overhaul”. The paper says the proposals would be intended to deliver a “radical and ambitious” modernisation and expansion of the healthcare service in order to fix it “once and for all”. The front page reports on the courts ruling that sending migrants to Rwanda is unlawful. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers

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EU nations turn to authoritarian states to solve migrant boat crisis The Independent says It is a problem that the EU has struggled to deal with for years: what to do with the thousands of refugees and migrants seeking to reach the continent’s shores by sea? The answer from officials in Brussels? Outsourcing the issue to authoritarian governments in countries people leave or cross to get to Europe. European Union leaders this week are set to bolster plans to pay the governments of Tunisia, Turkey and others to keep refugees and migrants – including some escaping war and political repression…

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Rishi Sunak confident of overturning Rwanda migrant plan verdict Telegraph says Downing Street is confident that it will be able to deport migrants to Rwanda despite the Court of Appeal blocking the plan on Thursday, The Telegraph understands. Rishi Sunak is said to be “positive” about the prospect of overturning the judgment after declaring that the Government would seek permission to appeal against the decision in the Supreme Court. The Prime Minister said he “fundamentally disagreed” with the Court of Appeal, which ruled that Rwanda was not safe and that deportation of asylum-seekers there was therefore unlawful. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/06/29/rwanda-migrant-deportation-plan-blocked-court-appeal/

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Government plans to send migrants to Rwanda ruled unlawful by Court of Appeal ITV says The Court of Appeal has ruled government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda as unlawful, with judges reaching the verdict it is not a safe third country. Judges overruled a previous High Court decision that declared the Home Office’s controversial deportation scheme lawful, with the government confirming it will now appeal to the Supreme Court to fight for the plans. Rishi Sunak said he “fundamentally disagrees” with the judges and insisted he “will do whatever is necessary” to send migrants to the east African…

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France shooting: Cop charged over teen’s shooting death following another night of unrest  The policeman who shot dead 17-year-old Nahel M during a traffic stop near Paris on Tuesday has been charged with homicide and is now in custody.  Nahel M was shot at point-blank range as he drove off and crashed soon afterwards. There has been mass protesting across the country in response to the teens killing.  The country has deployed more than 40,000 police officers to quell the unrest. The third night of protests saw 667 arrested, according to French officials. In Paris, shops were ransacked and cars…

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Pakistan strikes $3bn IMF bailout deal Pakistan has struck a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for $3bn of funding. The deal still needs to be approved by the global lender’s board.  Pakistan is facing its worst economic crisis since independence from Britain in 1947. The country’s economy has been struggling after years of mismanagement and then the global energy crisis and the deadly flooding that hit the country last year. To help secure the deal, the South Asian nation’s central bank raised its main interest rate to a record high of 22% on Monday. “The economy has faced…

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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Friday’s front pages report on a variety of stories. Several papers lead on the government’s planned shake-up of the NHS. There are also reports on the Rwanda plan being deemed unlawful by the courts. NHS shakeup PM Rishi Sunak will unveil the “most radical” reform in NHS history – including measures to create an army of junior and apprentice roles and speed up clinical training, according to the Daily Telegraph. Health Secretary Steve Barclay writes in the paper that the plan constitutes “the most radical modernisation and reform of the workforce since the NHS…

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The death of 17-year-old Nahel, shot by a police officer on Tuesday in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, is not the first of its kind. Fatal shootings by police officers during traffic stops are on the rise in France. While police say it’s due to a spike in public non-compliance and dangerous behaviour, experts say this is not the only explanation.

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