Newspaper headlines: Rwanda plan ‘won’t work’ and steel jobs 'betrayal'

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Image caption, The Daily Mirror describes job losses at Tata Steel as a 'final betrayal'
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The Daily Mirror's headline is "The final betrayal" - with the paper going on to as "devastating". It quotes unions accusing No. 10 of giving the plant's owner, Tata, "£500m to throw 3,000 workers on the scrapheap".

The i leads with polling on Rishi Sunak's Rwanda plan, which . It adds that only one in five voters thinks the PM "will ever send asylum seekers to Rwanda".

The Times reports that - after figures compiled by the paper indicated that the entire Army will have fewer than 70,000 soldiers within two years - smaller than the special operations forces of the United States.

The Daily Telegraph reports that . Based on Freedom of Information data, it says nearly 16,000 asylum seekers, including those who crossed the Channel in small boats, have been allowed to work in a single year, in occupations where there are recognised staff shortages. In an editorial, the Daily Telegraph refers to it as a "scandal" which directly contradicts the Conservatives' stated aims on migration.

The Financial Times says the - paving the way for a package of pre-election tax cuts. It reports that leading economists predict that lower borrowing costs could give Jeremy Hunt more fiscal headroom in his March budget.

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Image caption, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will be hoping for a multi-billion pound boost from official forecasters

The Times, meanwhile, reports that - after the Conservatives restricted it in 2013.

The Guardian says. According to its analysis, Britain is falling behind the EU on almost every area of environmental regulation - as the bloc strengthens legislation while the UK weakens it. In practice, the paper says, it means water in Britain will be dirtier than in the EU, there will be more pesticides in the soil and companies will be allowed to produce products containing chemicals that the EU has restricted as dangerous.

The - noting it is a far cry from 2016, when Britain was declared measles-free by the World Health Organization.

The who wanted to work from home full-time - finding the office was a better environment for "rapid discussion" and "non-verbal communication". The paper says the decision will be watched closely by other employers trying to push staff back to the office. The case before the employment tribunal in Croydon itself took place remotely, with evidence given over video link.

The Sun reports that an - sparking hope that the species may be returning to the Thames, after being all but wiped out by pollution from factories in the 1700s. However, the Angling Trust urged caution. saying it was possibly a stray fish which had lost its way.

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