Rights reform to ‘head off Farage’ and ‘Enders Jamie axed’

The headline on the front page of the Observer reads: "Home truths".

The fallout from Angela Rayner’s resignation and the resulting cabinet reshuffle leads several of Sunday’s papers. The front page of the Observer features a series of articles analysing Rayner’s impact on the Labour Party. “Who speaks for the left now?” asks Andrew Rawnsley, while Kimia Zabihyan writes: “Angela Rayner had pure class. Our class.”

The headline on the front page of the Sunday Telegraph reads: "PM to move migrants to army barracks".

The new Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will soon announce plans to move migrants in asylum-seeker hotels to former military bases, according to the Sunday Telegraph. The policy will be unveiled “within weeks”, and comes as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer instructed her to “get a grip” on the small boats crisis, according to the paper.

The headline on the front page of the Sunday Times reads: "Ministers target rights reform to head off Farage".

Labour’s new cabinet is prepared to “overhaul” human rights laws to tackle immigration, the Sunday Times reports, in a bid to counter a surge in support for Reform UK. A party insider tells the paper that “nothing is off the table” for Shabana Mahmood, who is likely to want to reform the European Convention on Human Rights.

The headline on the front page of the Mail on Sunday reads: "Boris & Farage 'must unite to crush Labour'."

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage “must unite to crush Labour”, according to Nadine Dorries, who defected to Reform UK from the Conservatives last week. If it could make people’s lives better, Dorries says, “both men would find a way to accommodate each other’s egos”.

The headline on the front page of the Sunday Express reads: "HMRC hotline fails to answer 4 million calls".

HMRC officials failing to pick up the phone is leading to an annual loss of £46.8bn in tax revenue, according to the Sunday Express. Tax hikes by the chancellor would be unnecessary if the lost revenue was collected to “plug a black hole in public finances”, the paper writes.

The headline on the front page of the Sun reads: "Enders axe TV Jamie".

Jamie Borthwick has been axed from EastEnders after nearly two decades playing Jay Brown in the soap, the Sun reports. Earlier this year, he was suspended after using a slur against people with disabilities on the set of Strictly Come Dancing.

The headline on the front page of the Sunday Mirror reads: "Enders Jamie Axed".

“Enders Jamie axed” is the headline for the Sunday Mirror, which also leads with BBC bosses telling the actor that his “time’s up on Albert Square”.

The headline on the front page of the Daily Star reads: "Anthem & flags in the classroom".

Children will sing God Save the King and wave Union Jack flags every morning under a Reform UK government, according to MP Lee Anderson. The Daily Star reports the MP for Ashfield believes youngsters “need to be taught what is means to be British”.

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