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Papers dissect the budget report | Papers dissect the budget report |
(about 5 hours later) | |
The newspapers continue to pore over the small print and ramifications of the Chancellor's pre-Budget report. | |
The Independent says a new 45% tax rate for top-earners may not raise a penny and could result in a drop in tax paid by encouraging tax avoidance. | The Independent says a new 45% tax rate for top-earners may not raise a penny and could result in a drop in tax paid by encouraging tax avoidance. |
The Guardian says the government will have to slash public spending by £37bn after the next election. | The Guardian says the government will have to slash public spending by £37bn after the next election. |
In the Times, Peter Riddell writes: "Gordon Brown's taunts over Tory spending cuts sound hollow now." | In the Times, Peter Riddell writes: "Gordon Brown's taunts over Tory spending cuts sound hollow now." |
Million sign petition | Million sign petition |
The Daily Telegraph leads with the discovery that the government considered increasing VAT to 18.5% after the next election. | The Daily Telegraph leads with the discovery that the government considered increasing VAT to 18.5% after the next election. |
The Daily Express says the budget details show ministers "expect council tax to rocket" over the next two years. | The Daily Express says the budget details show ministers "expect council tax to rocket" over the next two years. |
Meanwhile, the Sun continues its campaign over the death of Baby P. | Meanwhile, the Sun continues its campaign over the death of Baby P. |
It says more than a million people have signed its petition demanding the sacking of those who it says failed to prevent the child's torture and death. | It says more than a million people have signed its petition demanding the sacking of those who it says failed to prevent the child's torture and death. |
'Beyond belief' | 'Beyond belief' |
"Beyond belief" is the stark headline on the front of the Independent. | "Beyond belief" is the stark headline on the front of the Independent. |
It refers to the 56-year-old man from Sheffield who beat and raped his two daughters over more than 25 years, fathering nine children by them. | It refers to the 56-year-old man from Sheffield who beat and raped his two daughters over more than 25 years, fathering nine children by them. |
The Daily Mirror reports police think one was raped 1,000 times and attacked three times a week for eight years. | The Daily Mirror reports police think one was raped 1,000 times and attacked three times a week for eight years. |
Virtually all the papers dub him "the British Fritzl" after the Austrian man who had seven children by a daughter he kept in a cellar for 24 years. | Virtually all the papers dub him "the British Fritzl" after the Austrian man who had seven children by a daughter he kept in a cellar for 24 years. |
'Yap of luxury' | 'Yap of luxury' |
Finally, a number of papers reveal details of what are possibly the world's most expensive dog kennels. | Finally, a number of papers reveal details of what are possibly the world's most expensive dog kennels. |
A surgeon having a house built near Cirencester in Gloucestershire is spending £250,000 on a wing just for her two great danes. | A surgeon having a house built near Cirencester in Gloucestershire is spending £250,000 on a wing just for her two great danes. |
It will feature a spa bath, plasma TV, sound system and private bedrooms for each of the dogs. | It will feature a spa bath, plasma TV, sound system and private bedrooms for each of the dogs. |
The Daily Mail wonders whether she got a loan from "Bark-lays". The Sun says the dogs will be in the "yap of luxury". | The Daily Mail wonders whether she got a loan from "Bark-lays". The Sun says the dogs will be in the "yap of luxury". |
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