Daily Telegraph

Ministers have been warned that the Omicron variant will lead to “chaos” in schools, according to The Daily Telegraph. 

Chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty says he is more worried about the existing Delta variant but agrees with the precautionary travel restrictions.

The fallout from the migrant deaths continues to dominate the front pages, with The Daily Telegraph leading on comments from a husband, who believes his wife was on the boat that deflated and killed several migrants trying to cross the Channel.

The migrant deaths on the Channel also features on the front of The Daily Telegraph. The prime minister has asked France to “step up” and help stop smugglers.

The Daily Telegraph reports the AstraZeneca vaccine may offer longer-lasting immunity than other jabs.

The UK must cut taxes and reduce regulation, Brexit minister Lord Frost has said. The Daily Telegraph quotes him as saying the country shouldn’t “import the European social model”.

The Daily Telegraph splashes on the home secretary’s plan to crack down on migrants with tougher rules and new “purpose-built reception centres” modelled after camps being built in Greece.

Europe faces the return of full lockdowns as a fourth wave of COVID-19 brings sweeping restrictions, reports The Daily Telegraph.

The Daily Telegraph reports that Boris Johnson admitted he had “crashed the car” in his handling of the Owen Paterson case, and said for the first time that the former Tory MP had broken lobbying rules.