The Times leads on Sir Keir Starmer giving the US the green light to carry out strikes from British bases, in order to protect the Strait of Hormuz. The paper quotes the government saying the move represents an act of "collective self-defence". President Trump is ready to put boots on the ground in Iran, according to the Daily Telegraph. It says the Pentagon has drawn up plans which involve seizing Kharg Island, the key oil terminal in the Persian Gulf. A report in the Financial Times suggests the UK's borrowing costs have hit an 18-year high as a result of the war in the Middle East. It says the Chancellor's economic plans risk being torpedoed by the effects of the conflict. The i says the UK is facing new tax hikes over what it calls the "worst energy shock in history". Survivors of IRA bomb attacks in England have been left "devastated" by the collapse of their trial against the former Sinn Fein leader, Gerry Adams, according to the Daily Mail.…