Newspaper round-up: 19 April 2007

The Tube PPP

The Times, Guardian and Independent newspapers concentrate on the announcement from Atkins that its Tube PPP contract, as part of the Metronet consortium, will be loss-making this year. The Guardian claims that shareholders in Metronet could abandon the 30-year contract.

Overseas workers

The Independent reports that lower-skilled workers from outside the EU will not be allowed to migrate to Britain from the start of next year under new immigration rules.