Ministers have been warned by senior health officials that allowing fully vaccinated Europeans to enter the UK freely could raise the risk of lower quality vaccines undermining Britain’s immunity against COVID-19, The Times reports.
The Independent says there is a growing split in the cabinet over China’s role in the electric car supply chain in the UK.
The Daily Mail leads on next week’s easing of travel restrictions – with quarantine requirements being lifted for fully vaccinated travellers from the US and the EU, and the ban on cruises also coming to an end.
The Daily Mirror leads on the story of a 60-year-old woman who has been jailed after being convicted of stealing diamonds worth £4.2m.
The Guardian says the Queen’s lawyers secretly lobbied Scottish ministers to change a draft law to exempt her private land from a major initiative to cut carbon emissions, according to documents the paper says were uncovered via freedom of information laws.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says Britain expects the US to drop its UK travel ban, after ministers reopened our borders to Americans, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Metro’s headline – inspired by Only Fools and Horses – refers to the news that fully vaccinated travellers from the EU and the US will soon not have to quarantine when arriving in England, Scotland and Wales from an amber list country.