Daily Express

People should carry on with Christmas as planned, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says in the Daily Express.

Data from some countries affected by Omicron has suggested cases are mild, raising hopes the variant won’t be as dangerous as first thought, the Daily Express reports.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has told the Daily Express voters can trust him to cut taxes by the next general election. 

Vaccine makers and scientists are confident the Omicron variant can be combatted, the Daily Express reports, as ministers scramble to try and save Christmas. 

The new COVID variant, designated a variant of concern on Friday by the WHO and named Omicron, is a “threat to Christmas”, according to the Daily Express.

British troops will be sent to patrol beaches in France in a joint effort to tackle migrant crossing, according to the Daily Express

The prime minister said that “smugglers are getting away with murder”, which leads on the front page of the Daily Express.

The Express leads on the news the widow of PC Andrew Harper has won her fight for all killers of police and other 999 staff to be given automatic life sentences.