Guardian

Ministers want to see an average of 500,000 jabs delivered a day to help beat the Omicron variant, The Guardian reports. 

The UK vaccine booster scheme could be widened to combat the Omicron variant, The Guardian reports. 

The Guardian is one of many papers to lead on the new COVID variant, which many experts say is the most worrying yet and could potentially make vaccines less effective.It says scientists have warned it will “inevitably reach Britain” and that ministers have been urged to speed up vaccinations.

As well as the migrant story, The Guardian writes that six countries in southern Africa have been placed on England’s red travel list after scientists raised alarms over what is feared to be the worst coronavirus variant yet identified.

The migrant deaths on the Channel from France is the deadliest refugee crisis on the sea, The Guardian reports.

According to The Guardian, frustrations are growing in the Treasury at No 10’s handling of major political decisions.

Tory MPs are “increasingly worried about Boris Johnson’s competence and drive” and senior members believe the government needs to get back on track, The Guardian reports.

Boris Johnson has been warned that he can’t take the support of his MPs for granted as he faces a backbench rebellion over plans to scale back the social care cap – that’s on the front of The Guardian.

The Guardian has interviewed the former chair of the Commission on the Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain, who says the rejection of multiculturalism by successive Conservative governments has helped fuel “vulgar racism” of the kind experienced by cricketer Azeem Rafiq. 

Senior Tory MPs, regional leaders, and industry figures have accused ministers of “betraying the north” with a delayed and downgraded rail plan, says The Guardian.