Tuesday's headlines include a former diplomat's testimony about the 'chaotic' exit from Afghanistan.
A former diplomat has said "red tape chaos" in the UK's withdrawal from Afghanistan left tens of thousands of people unable to access help, the Guardian reports. Raphael Marshall claimed "bureaucratic chaos" in the Foreign Office led to Afghans "being left to die at the hands of the Taliban, the paper says. The government says staff "worked tirelessly" to evacuate more than 15,000 people over two weeks.
The paper says the effort over the weekend led to fewer people being given third jabs in England than before the government called for the rollout to be accelerated last week.Meanwhile, a government "cover up" over the Grenfell Tower disaster is leading in the Daily Mirror. The paper reports that the fire risk from the cladding on the outside of the building was "covered up for years by ministers", the inquiry into the disaster heard on Monday.
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