2021-09-07
Times Front Page 7th of September 2021
Home Secretary Priti Patel has threatened to withhold millions of pounds promised to the French after a record number of migrants arrived in the UK on Monday, according to The Times.
Home Secretary Priti Patel has threatened to withhold millions of pounds promised to the French after a record number of migrants arrived in the UK on Monday, according to The Times.
Boris Johnson will push through a tax rise despite “considerable” opposition from his own Cabinet, The Times reports.
The vaccination of teenagers is set to begin next week, despite the decision of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation not to recommend vaccinating those under 16 – that’s on the front of The Times.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid is pushing for a 2% increase in National Insurance to fund the NHS and social care, The Times reports.
The Times leads with the news that “weakened” people will be getting a third COVID vaccine shot.
“Our country is liberated but we are left with ruins” – The Times reports on the scene in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, after the last US soldier left the country.
The Times reports that leaks from the Pentagon claim the UK is to blame for the scale of destruction caused by the bomb blast at Kabul airport.
The terror threat to the UK is the “worst in years” according to The Times.
The Pentagon’s plans for retaliatory strikes against ISIS militants in Afghanistan make the front of The Times.
At least 12 US troops were killed along with as many as 60 Afghans when two suicide bombers attacked crowds desperate to board flights at Kabul airport, reports The Times.