The Daily Telegraph reports that the government is expected to bring in military driving examiners so more HGV licence tests can be conducted as a driver shortage hits petrol deliveries.
BP is cutting deliveries to 90% of its petrol stations due to a shortage of lorry drivers, according to The Daily Telegraph.
The Daily Telegraph claims Boris Johnson and Joe Biden privately expressed astonishment at France’s heated reaction to the AUKUS pact, as the prime minister urged Emmanuel Macron to “get a grip”.
France’s seat on the United Nations Security Council could be put “at the disposal of the European Union” if its governments back Emmanuel Macron’s plans for an EU army, The Daily Telegraph says.
The Daily Telegraph says the government is under increasing pressure to axe the energy price cap amid a concerning rise in gas prices.
Boris Johnson will push Joe Biden to change COVID travel rules and let Britons fly to the US when they meet tomorrow in the White House for the first time, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Russia is accused of hiking gas prices to hamper economic recovery in the UK and the EU following the pandemic, according to The Daily Telegraph.
Home Secretary Priti Patel has told police to take “decisive action” against climate change activists after video showed officers facilitating a blockade of the M25, according to The Daily Telegraph.
The next few weeks will represent a “pivot point” in COVID-19, the prime minister says in The Daily Telegraph.
On the front of The Daily Telegraph is the news that parents will be asked to vaccinate their children to keep schools open and “reduce educational disruption”.
The Daily Telegraph leads with the prime minister’s plan to “rip up” COVID restrictions.
Council tax bills will rise for millions of people to pay for social care, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, one of the scientists behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab, says a mass booster programme is unnecessary because immunity to COVID from two vaccine doses is “lasting well” in the majority of people, reports The Daily Telegraph.
The NHS is hiring an army of 42 new executives on salaries of up to £270,000 each, according to The Daily Telegraph.