Airport border force strikes and Matt Hancock's decision to stand down dominate Thursday's papers.
The announcement that Border Force staff will be striking for eight days over Christmas leads some of Thursday's papers. The festive season is in "chaos" says the Daily Mail as the paper reports the move leaves the country facing a general strike in all but name.Hundreds of thousands of passengers will have their plans over Christmas and the new year ruined due to border staff walk-outs, reports the Times.
Get Me Out of Here!Meanwhile, Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has ignored climate warnings amid his decision to approve the building of Britain's first new coalmine for three decades, the Guardian reports. The paper says the mine, to be built in Cumbria, will provide 500 new jobs. However, shadow climate change secretary Ed Miliband said the development was "no solution to the energy crisis".
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