The Times reports that Labour peers are accepting fees of up to £100,000 to amemd laws on behalf of clients accoprding to an undercover investigation.Four peers offered to help undercover reporters posing as lobbyists in return for cash.
The paper also reports that the government is becoming alarmed that women a re losing their jobs a lot faster than men in the recession.
The Independent says that Britain is facing a rturn to the three day week claiming that government sources say that shortet working hours would be preferable to mass unemployment
The Mail stays with the recession.Its lead claims that Whitehall mandarins drank whisky and danced the night away on the day that recession was officially announced.Up to 100 treasury officials took part in a Burn’s night celebration on Friday.
The Observer leads with the lastest BBC controversy,it srefsal to broadcast an appeal for Gaza.It says that polititians,the religious community and its own staff are appealing to Mark Thompson to change his mind.
The Mail looks at Jonathan Ross’s return to Radio 2 including crude remarks about sleeping with an 80 year old women.The News of the World says that the foul mouthed Ross put his BBC career on the line and says that the woemn involved has Alzheimers.
The Indy reports on President Obama’s first radio address in which he unveils his plans to rescue the American economy including a $607b investment in clean energy,healthcare,infrastructure and education.
The Telegraph says that as Obama starts the process of closing down Guantanamo bay,he faces another problem in the Bagram base in Afghanistan.
It leads with claims that council tax payers are paying up to £140 a year in order to help councils fill a pension black hole that is estimated to be £35 billion .
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