UK Newspapers Front Pages: 23 February 2023

UK Newspapers Front Pages: 23 February 2023

Press Preview: Thursday’s papers

We preview Thursday’s front pages with Daily Mail columnist, Sarah Vine and associate editor at the Daily Mirror, Kevin Maguire.

Daily Express

The Daily Express leads with news of the PM’s “crackdown” on the backlog of asylum seeker applications.

Daily Mail

The Daily Mail reports on the same plan but says it has been dubbed “an amnesty in all but name”.

The Times

The NHS wants to double the number of medical school places, according to The Times.

The Guardian

Pollutants known as “forever chemicals” have been found at high levels across the UK and Europe, The Guardian reports.

The Daily Telegraph

Jeremy Hunt will send Britain in a “drastically anti-investment direction” if he goes ahead with a planned increase in corporation tax – that’s the warning from BT on the front of The Daily Telegraph.

Daily Star

The Daily Star marches on parliament to demand that politicians do something to fix the shortage of fruit and vegetables.

Daily Mirror

The Daily Mirror has a report on Wagner Group mercenaries who have been captured by Ukraine.

i

The i says that other unions are angry with the Royal College of Nursing for “breaking ranks”.

Metro

Metro leads with the story of a shopper stopped from buying 100 cucumbers in a shop, as fruit and vegetable rationing spreads across Britain.

Financial Times

Philip Morris International says it would rather keep its business in Russia than sell it on stringent Kremlin terms – that’s the front of the Financial Times.

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