The Guardian leads on Trump’s “dramatic escalation” to quell LA protests against sweeping immigration raids in the US. The paper reports that Trump has been accused of “hoping for chaos”.
A photograph of a group of heavily armed US National Guard soldiers in LA dominates the front page of the Times. The paper also reports that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to “boost” police budgets before this week’s spending review.
The Financial Times follows with Trump’s “LA face-off” as it says law enforcement officers used “rubber bullets” and “flash-bang grenades” to fend off protesters.
The i leads with the potential “softening” of cuts to welfare benefits to “head off a rebellion of 170 MPs” as Reeves prepares for the spending review.
The “NHS is out for your blood!” declares the Metro as it reports that around “200,000 more” blood donors are “urgently” needed to increase stocks.
The Daily Mirror echoes the “blood donor red alert” in its coverage of the “worst-ever crisis” facing the NHS as supplies plunge to a “critical low”.
The Daily Telegraph features a warning to the chancellor that the police service is “broken”, saying morale has been left “crushed” by funding cuts.
The Express says “angry campaigners” are demanding Reeves does not “betray pensioners again” after Labour’s winter fuel payment U-turn.
The Daily Mail leads with its investigation into “corrupt immigration” advisers helping “illegal workers dupe the Home Office in a cash for visas scam”.
“Hotter than Morocco” says the Daily Star, and predicts temperatures of 30C by the end of this week.
The Sun focuses on what it says is Britain’s £4.7bn annual bill to keep migrants in hotels.
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