Independent

The Independent reports on a government U-turn that will see foreign care workers given special visas so they can move to the UK to prevent staff shortages after Brexit. 

The Independent says Boris Johnson is facing pressure to condemn the jailing of foreign journalists on American soil following the arrest of the newspaper’s chief US correspondent Andrew Buncombe.

The Independent’s front page shows one of its reporters, who has recently been arrested in the US, and says: “Journalism is not a crime.”

The Independent reports on Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s claims the UK government’s handling of international air travel during the pandemic has been “shambolic” after it published a list of “safe” countries.