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Climate change and tax in papers | Climate change and tax in papers |
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The topic of climate change and the warnings of potential catastrophe in the Stern report, fill the papers. | The topic of climate change and the warnings of potential catastrophe in the Stern report, fill the papers. |
But it is the prospect of rising taxes that have got many of the papers hot under the collar. Â | But it is the prospect of rising taxes that have got many of the papers hot under the collar. Â |
"I'm saving the world... YOU lot are paying," is the Sun's headline above a piece on climate change by Tony Blair. Â | "I'm saving the world... YOU lot are paying," is the Sun's headline above a piece on climate change by Tony Blair. Â |
In it, Mr Blair hails Stern as the last word on why the world must act. While the Daily Mirror warns "We cannot afford to carry on living as we do". | In it, Mr Blair hails Stern as the last word on why the world must act. While the Daily Mirror warns "We cannot afford to carry on living as we do". |
Green taxes | Green taxes |
As the possibility of Green taxes hits the headlines, the Daily Telegraph pictures day trippers sunning themselves on the beach at Bournemouth. | As the possibility of Green taxes hits the headlines, the Daily Telegraph pictures day trippers sunning themselves on the beach at Bournemouth. |
"You'll pay for days like this," says its ominous headline. Â | "You'll pay for days like this," says its ominous headline. Â |
But the Financial Times thinks Chancellor Gordon Brown, will go another way. Â | But the Financial Times thinks Chancellor Gordon Brown, will go another way. Â |
It says he favours a big expansion in carbon trading - where industrial firms pay for permission to emit more than set levels of greenhouse gases. | It says he favours a big expansion in carbon trading - where industrial firms pay for permission to emit more than set levels of greenhouse gases. |
Millionaire homes | Millionaire homes |
Millionaires are pushing up the cost of buying a home at the fastest rate for two years, according to the Times. Â | Millionaires are pushing up the cost of buying a home at the fastest rate for two years, according to the Times. Â |
It says one "tiny and shabby" Chelsea home on the market for under £600,000 has been sold for nearly £900,000.  | It says one "tiny and shabby" Chelsea home on the market for under £600,000 has been sold for nearly £900,000.  |
The Daily Mail and the Daily Express lead with the Tory warning Labour wants to raise council tax in areas with good schools, clean streets and low crime. Â | The Daily Mail and the Daily Express lead with the Tory warning Labour wants to raise council tax in areas with good schools, clean streets and low crime. Â |
Ministers have dismissed the claim as "scaremongering", but the Express claims bills could treble. | Ministers have dismissed the claim as "scaremongering", but the Express claims bills could treble. |
'Dirty' elections | 'Dirty' elections |
"Is this the dirtiest election ever?" asks the Independent of next week's American congressional elections. Â | |
It says the polls indicate landslide Democrat gains driving Republicans to high levels of negative advertising. Â | |
Elsewhere, the Times carries a portrait of the economist Adam Smith, the latest figure to appear on the £20 note.  | Elsewhere, the Times carries a portrait of the economist Adam Smith, the latest figure to appear on the £20 note.  |
The paper says its obituary of Smith in 1790 called the man many regard as father of modern economics "awkward, absent-minded" with "no head for business". | The paper says its obituary of Smith in 1790 called the man many regard as father of modern economics "awkward, absent-minded" with "no head for business". |