Today's front pages: Theresa May not
The Week takes a look at the stories grabbing the headlines in Thursday's national newspapers
Today's front pages: Shock poll and secret plans
31 May
The top story today is a YouGov seat-by-seat poll for The Times that has surprised many by swinging the figures around and predicting a huge loss for the Tories. The result would be a hung parliament.
The Guardian focuses on how the narrowing of the polls is leading Theresa May to make increasingly personal attacks on Jeremy Corbyn. She claims the Labour leader would be "naked in the negotiating chamber" at Brexit talks.
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The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail both claim that leaked documents show Labour has a "secret plan" to let in thousands of unskilled migrants after Brexit. Labour denies the claims, saying the idea of a visa for low-skilled, unskilled migrants and seasonal work was part of a "discussion paper".
The Daily Express warns of "migrant summer chaos". It claims that thousands of migrants in Calais are attempting the journey to Britain.
The i paper leads with rumours that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt fears that a bad Brexit deal could damage hopes of increasing the number of doctors and nurses in the UK.
The Daily Star looks at the Manchester benefit concert taking place on Sunday that will see American singer Ariana Grande return to the city along with Justin Bieber, Coldplay and Katy Perry.
Away from politics, The Sun says that a malfunctioning safety gate at Hamerton Zoo Park in Cambridgeshire may have led to a tiger mauling zookeeper Rosa King to death on Monday.
Lastly, the Daily Mirror returns to the death of Princess Diana, alleging that the limousine she was travelling in when she died had been written off in a previous crash.
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