What the papers say – January 17

Here are the stories making headlines today.
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Pa17 January 2024

The resignation of two Tory deputy chairmen in protest over the Government’s flagship asylum policy dominates Wednesday’s papers.

The Guardian, the i and Daily Telegraph lead with senior red-wall MPs Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith resigning from their party positions to vote in favour of changes to the Safety of Rwanda Bill tabled by Tory veteran Sir Bill Cash and former immigration minister Robert Jenrick.

The Daily Express and the Financial Times run with the same story, adding some 60 Conservatives also support the proposed changes to the legislation.

Metro and the Daily Mirror focus on the Horizon scandal, with European director of Fujitsu Paul Patterson apologising for the Post Office debacle.

The front page of The Sun asks why a two-year-old boy was left to starve to death next to his dad’s body after social services missed chances to save him.

Lastly, the Daily Star says the UK’s Space Minister mixed up Mars with the sun in an interview.

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