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Government plans to move migrants from asylum hotels to former military barracks is the lead for Metro. Defence Secretary John Healey confirmed that his department is considering using sites as "temporary accommodation" for people who arrive on small boats.
The i Paper also leads with "fast-tracked" plans to close migrants hotels, as PM Keir Starmer faces warnings from Red Wall Labour MPs to take a "tougher approach" to the issue. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood calls the record number of Channel crossings this year "utterly unacceptable".
The number of migrants arriving in the UK by small boat this year surpassed 30,000 on the new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's first day in office, the Daily Mail reports. More than 1,000 arrived on Saturday, the second-highest number to enter the country in a 24-hour period, according to the paper.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says gangs are "wreaking havoc", as the Daily Express also reports on the number of migrants arriving in the UK by small boat this year reaching 30,000.
Starmer has appointed "Blairites" to key positions in a bid to boost economic growth, the Times reports. Figures from Labour's "reforming right flank" have been handed control of main economic departments, as they seek to push through welfare reforms and ease net-zero regulation, according to the paper.
Union chiefs have "vowed to fight" for a workers' rights bill following Angela Rayner's resignation, the Daily Telegraph reports. The prime minister has "been put on notice" that he must not "water down" the bill following the cabinet reshuffle.
Senior Labour figures have warned the prime minister to "stop making mistakes", following Angela Rayner's resignation. Emily Thornberry, who the paper describes as a "potential contender" for the party's deputy leadership role, warns Starmer that more gaffes could "hand our country to Farage".
The Daily Mirror asks Reform UK leader Nigel Farage: "How much tax do you pay?" The paper reports that Farage has been "slammed" by union chiefs for refusing to publish his tax returns, despite other party leaders doing so.
A judge has "sparked fury" after wishing an extremist "all the best" as he prepares to walk free, according to the Sun.
The UK is facing "autumn mayhem", according to the Daily Star, as Storm Amy is set to "batter Britain" with 65mph gales and torrential rain. Two more storms are set to hit the country this autumn, the paper reports.
China is preparing to reopen its bond market to major Russian energy groups, according to the Financial Times, in a sign of "deepening diplomatic and economic ties between Beijing and Moscow". It would be the first Russian corporate fundraising in mainland China since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
