Papers pre-empt Darling's budget

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A number of papers have begun to consider what may be in Alastair Darling's first budget.

The Times believes environmental issues will be central, with incentives for green businesses and penalties for those who have cars with big engines.

And the Daily Express is worried that there will be nothing for anyone who works, drinks, drives or flies.

The paper says those on benefits will continue to believe that there is no financial advantage to getting a job.

'Renegade' speech

Nick Clegg's speech to the Lib Dems' spring conference is warmly received by the Guardian, which says he hit back against a rebellion by some of his MPs.

It says Mr Clegg represents something new and different in British politics.

But the Daily Mail's Quentin Letts says the speech borrowed much from the style of David Cameron.

The Times describes Mr Clegg as a "renegade", saying his speech sought to crystallise his party as being of equal distance between Labour and the Tories.

'Civil Serf'

The Mail says an anonymous blog, apparently written by a Whitehall civil servant, has been taken down.

For nearly five months, the secret diary of the "Civil Serf" aged 33, presented attacks on what she saw as inefficiencies within government.

And the Independent reports claims that there could be Stone Age landscapes preserved under the North Sea.

It comes after an amateur archaeologist in the Netherlands spotted flint axes in a consignment of imported gravel.

Lost in translation?

After the big shocks in the FA Cup, including Chelsea's defeat by Barnsley, the Daily Star looks at the lives of the Championship side's players.

A source close to the team behind the competition's biggest upset told the paper Barnsley's players are "more like the footballers of the past".

And the Express says episodes of "Allo Allo!" are to be broadcast on German television for the first time.

But it is worried that some jokes may be lost in translation.