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The Papers: 'Spanish border crisis' and 'iron chancellor'

Image caption, The crossing of 60,000 migrants into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco is featured prominently across Saturday's papers. The Daily Express says the crisis should be a "wake-up call" for the UK, quoting shadow Home Office minister Katie Lam's warning to Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

Image caption, The Daily Mail follows with calls from the Conservatives and Reform UK for ministers to take immediate action to strengthen the UK's borders to prevent the migrants from entering Britain. The PM says the situation is a "cause for concern" and government officials were in contact with their Spanish counterparts.

Image caption, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has condemned the influx of migrants as an "attack" on the country's "territorial integrity", according to the FT Weekend. Sanchez was speaking from the enclave of Ceuta, which has been a longstanding flashpoint in relations between Spain and Morocco, the paper says.

Image caption, The Independent spotlights fears of the impact of the migrant crossing across Europe, with Italy suspending the EU's border-free Schengen arrangements with Spain.

Image caption, The Times leads with an interview with Chancellor John Healey, who says he and the PM have told ministers they must make cuts to their budgets to pay for the PM's spending pledges. Healey - who is described as the "iron chancellor" in the paper's headline - says economic stability is a "fundamental" priority for him and added he could not rule out tax rises in the October's budget.

Image caption, Rapists are set to be banned from Labour's prison early release scheme in England and Wales after the PM ordered a review of the plans last week, the Daily Telegraph reports. It adds that Andy Burnham and Justice Secretary Alex Norris were presented with a list of options which included exempting all rapists and child rapists from the early release scheme.

Image caption, A poll by the i Weekend shows Labour is now ahead of Reform UK less than a fortnight after Andy Burnham became PM. "The Burnham bounce" is the headline.

Image caption, In more Burnham news, the PM has been warned that he could face the first revolt of his premiership after Labour MPs and climate experts criticised his apparent support for renewed drilling in the North Sea, says the Guardian. It comes after Burnham gave a speech saying he would be "pragmatic" about oil and gas and decisions on new drilling would be made "in due course".

Image caption, The Daily Star continues its coverage of Fifa boss Gianni Infantino's move to sell World Cup stakes, reporting that his closest adviser has quit over the row.

Image caption, Finally, the Daily Mirror's reports on families calling for a public inquiry into the funeral director who failed to bury or cremate people and gave bereaved relatives the ashes of strangers. Robert Bush has been jailed for 20 years for defrauding nearly 200 families, with the court saying he "caused anguish and pain on a scale beyond comprehension".

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