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

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

The Guardian has accused the Home Office of abandoning 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.

The i calls what happened a "major error" 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 Metro pictures a man stopping a bus as it left Manston yesterday. 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!"

The Daily Telegraph says the decision of the US Federal Reserve 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.

The Times reports that Rishi Sunak 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!.

The Daily Mirror says there are growing demands for the MP to quit, over what it calls the "Hancock farce".

The Daily Star suggests that people should vote for him to do every bushtucker trial "in the hope he will slither off back to Blighty".

And the Daily Express says it's been told that the Home 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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