Flak for Osborne in Sunday papers

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Once again, Sunday newspapers are questioning George Osborne's judgement.

The Observer says the shadow chancellor - fresh from the "Corfugate" row - is in trouble for arguing Labour policies could cause a run on the pound.

His comments breached a convention that politicians should not predict currency collapses, the paper says.

And the Mail on Sunday claims Mr Osborne is fighting to improve his public image with £100-an-hour voice lessons to make him sound "less posh".

Not to be?

It was Hamlet without the prince, the Sunday Times declares of the of the G20 group's economic summit.

In the absence of President-Elect Barack Obama, it says, the event laboured under a "huge disadvantage".

The Independent on Sunday agrees that any real decisions will have to await the new US leader's inauguration.

Nonetheless, the Sunday Express describes Prime Minister Gordon Brown's plans to cut taxes to stimulate the economy as a "bonfire of the sanities".

'Beyond cruelty'

The papers devote much attention to Baby P, the 17-month-old who suffered horrific abuse before his death.

A 15-year-old girl who lived at his family home tells the News of the World that the toddler's treatment "went way beyond the cruel... it was sadistic."

The Independent on Sunday highlights the huge demands placed on the UK's embattled social workers.

If we want children to be properly protected, the paper declares, we must raise standards and invest properly.

The party's over?

The Sunday Telegraph describes in loving detail the party at Highgrove for Prince Charles' 60th birthday.

Guests roamed gardens lit by energy-saving light bulbs, it says, before dining on locally-produced cheese soufflé and organic beef.

But there is to be no such cheer at the Queen's bank, Coutts, which has responded to the economic turmoil by cancelling the staff Christmas party.

"Everyone is gutted," one fed-up worker tells the News of the World.