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Newspaper review: Migrants 'abandoned' and Bank set for interest rise

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The i reports tensions are growing between the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Secretary and her immigration minister, Robert Jenrick

a group of migrants on a street in central London.

It says 11 men - who'd been at the Manston immigration centre in Kent - were found "disoriented" and "very hungry" at Victoria railway station on Tuesday evening. The paper says it's also been told of a group of about 50 asylum seekers who were dropped off from a bus near Victoria coach station late last Saturday night not knowing where they were.

and says tensions are growing between the home secretary and her Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick. Yesterday, Rishi Sunak publicly backed Suella Braverman's handling of the situation, saying she'd taken "significant steps" to address the problem of overcrowding at the Manston centre.

The paper says Arben Halili, who's originally from Albania, had spotted his eight-year-old nephew in a photo on its front page earlier this week. It says he repeatedly implored the driver: "I've lost my brother! I've got family!"

to put up its interest rates by 0.75 percentage points yesterday has piled pressure on the Bank of England to follow suit on the same scale.

The paper adds that the Treasury is likely to closely watch market reaction, with a decision looming over potential spending cuts and ministers meeting to discuss the defence budget today.

is preparing for what it calls a "big tax grab" from energy firms. According to the paper, a windfall extension on oil and gas companies could raise an estimated £40bn over five years.

As the prime minister and chancellor discuss items for the Autumn Budget, It warns they'll need to make far bigger spending cuts and tax rises, to fill what it says is the expected £50bn hole in public finances.

And Matt Hancock comes in for further criticism for flying to Australia to join I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!.

for the MP to quit, over what it calls the "Hancock farce".

for him to do every bushtucker trial "in the hope he will slither off back to Blighty".

that the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Secretary Suella Braverman is eyeing up three more countries - Paraguay, Peru and Belize - where migrants could be sent.

The paper says a source has revealed that another African country - on top of Rwanda - is "also in the mix".

A government spokesperson said ministers were "committed to working with a range of international partners" to tackle the global migration crisis.

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