Newspaper headlines: Charles ‘attacks’ Rwanda plan, and sugar tax snub
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By BBC NewsStaff
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Claims the Prince of Wales has criticised the UK plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda is reported on Saturday’s front pages. The Daily Mail says Prince Charles has “privately condemned” the government’s scheme as “appalling”. The paper notes the reported comments come after the High Court ruled the first flight to Rwanda could go ahead and says prince is “risking a major clash with No 10”.
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The Times also leads on Prince Charles’s supposed dislike for the Rwanda policy. It reports the heir to the throne is said to be “particularly frustrated” by the policy amid fears it could overshadow a Commonwealth summit in Rwanda, where he is due to represent the Queen. The Times says Clarence House did not deny Prince Charles was opposed to the policy but insisted the prince was not trying to influence the government and stressed he remains politically neutral.
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“Johnson snubs food shake-up in bid to keep rightwingers on side” is the headline in the Financial Times. The paper reports ministers intend to ignore recommendations, including a tax on sugar and salt, as part of a review of England’s food strategy. The FT says the rejection of Leon restaurant chain founder Henry Dimbleby’s proposals is an attempt by Boris Johnson’s government to back away from policies perceived as “unconservative” or “anti-business”.
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The Guardian claims a leaked version of the government’s food strategy white paper contains “virtually no fresh measures to tackle the soaring cost of food, childhood hunger, obesity or the climate emergency”. The paper notes despite Henry Dimbleby’s review, the government’s strategy makes few recommendations, and quotes Labour describing it as “bordering on preposterous”.
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But the Daily Telegraph features a beaming Boris Johnson petting a cow at an agricultural show in Cornwall as it takes a more positive stance on his food strategy. The paper says farmers will be told to produce more fruit and vegetables to help ease the cost of living and “food threat from Ukraine war”. It says poultry workers will be eligible for seasonal migrant visas and the strategy will propose schools, prisons and hospital be “required to offer a vegan meal option”.
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The i reports the prime minister faces a new plot to unseat him with backbench MPs mobilising the grassroots party. It suggests the plan involves getting 65 local Tory chairmen against Boris Johnson to force a non-binding no confidence vote on their leader’s fate at general meeting of the National Conservative Convention.
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The Mirror splashes on a bid by Stuart Campbell, who murdered his 15-year-old niece Danielle Jones, for parole. The paper notes the “freedom bid” comes despite him never revealing the location of Danielle’s body. She disappeared while on her way to catch a bus to school in Essex in 2001.
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The Daily Express says there has been a surge in people making plans for UK holidays amid recent “travel chaos” at airports. The paper says the “rocketing” jump is a bid by families to “steer clear of unbearable airport queues and flight cancellations”.
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Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall are set to host a live episode of the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing in Buckingham Palace, according to The Sun. The paper says the prince and the “Strictly superfan” duchess have been in secret talks with the BBC bosses and the episode is due to be hosted in the palace’s ballroom later this year.
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The Daily Star splashes on pictures of Britney Spear’s first husband, Jason Alexander, being tackled to the ground at her wedding venue after he gate-crashed the singer’s big day. The pop princess married Sam Asghari at a star-studded bash in California.
