Wednesday's National Newspaper Front Pages

THE PAPERS' TOP STORIES

:: Metro, i, The Independent, Daily Mail

Theresa May has been accused of stirring up hatred and risking the health of the economy after unveiling reforms that will make it harder for migrants and asylum seekers to stay in Britain.

:: The Times

Hundreds of thousands of failed asylum seekers will be deported from Europe within weeks under secret plans.

:: Daily Express

Boris Johnson has made a plea for Britain's immigration controls to be wrested back from the EU.

:: The Guardian

David Cameron is under pressure from potential successors Mr Johnson and Mrs May to raise the bar in EU negotiations by reopening the apparently abandoned demand to restrict the free movement of labour.

:: Daily Mirror

A senior Tory has privately suggested that 50% of NHS beds could be axed.

:: Daily Star

Paul Gascoigne has reportedly been charged over abusive messages he allegedly sent to an ex-girlfriend.

:: The Sun

A boy of six was "robbed" of his chance of life by a series of "hospital blunders".

:: The Daily Telegraph

Scotland's universities are gaining an international reputation for political "interference" and "suppression of critical thought" thanks to SNP plans giving ministers unprecedented control over how they are run, one of the world's leading physicists has warned.

:: Financial Times

America's technology giants are scrambling to overhaul their transatlantic operations after the EU's top court scrapped a deal that allowed tech companies to ship personal information wholesale to the US.

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