Sunday's papers

The Banks come under renewed pressure in the Sunday papers.

The Telegraph reports that the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is proposing to pay close to £1 billion in bonuses to its staff, just months after it was rescued by a £20 billion taxpayer bail-out.

The Independent describes how a mutinous backlash is growing in Britain this weekend against banks' plans to carry on paying staff millions in bonuses as if the credit crunch had never happened.

The Times reports how a financier who has been appointed to protect taxpayers’ money in Britain’s bailed-out banks is a former trustee of a secretive Liechtenstein bank accused of facilitating massive tax evasion.

The Mail has an exclisve on the home secretary.Jacqui Smith claims the paper,has claimed more than £116,000 in Commons expenses for a 'second home' while effectively lodging with her sister.

The Observer meanwhile reports that the government's flagship policy to revolutionise welfare by paying private companies to find jobs for the unemployed was in crisis last night as firms said there were too many people out of work - and too few vacancies - to make it viable.

According to a Times investigation,the doctor who sparked the scare over the safety of the MMR vaccine for children changed and misreported results in his research, creating the appearance of a possible link with autism,

The Independent reports that David Miliband has been criticised by a Commons committee over claims that he "washed his hands" of alleged sexual abuse of Iraqi women at the British embassy in Baghdad.

The Telegraph claims that spies from 20 foreign intelligence agencies, including Nato allies such as France and Germany, are attempting to steal Britain's most sensitive secrets.

The Observer reports that Ed Balls has dismissed the claims by Sharon Shoesmith over the Baby P AFFAIR and insisted that he would act in exactly the same way again to ensure children's safety.

The Express focuses on the Carol Thatcher affair.The paper reports that shehas received death threats over her "golliwog" comment about a tennis player.,and last night it emerged that she has taken refuge in Switzerland to escape the furore.

The News of the World looks to the world of sport for its Sunday exclusive reporting that premiership stars are getting booked on purpose to miss matches and skive off.