The Telegraph reports that the Tories have pledged to raise the top level of income tax for the highest earners.
In a speech intended to set out the Tory blueprint for economic recovery,David Cameron signalled that the rich will have to pay "their fair share" to rescue the economy from the mounting crisis in the public finances.
The Times leads with the life sentence handed down to Joseph Fritzl,the paper says that
despite the horror of his crimes there are no plans for an investigation into the failings of police and social services, or for new laws such as a sex offenders list.
Israel's dirty secrets in Gaza says the Independent as it reports that army veterans reveal how they gunned down innocent Palestinian families and destroyed homes and farms.
The testimonies – the first of their kind to emerge from inside the military – are at marked variance with official claims that the military made strenuous efforts to avoid civilian casualties and tend to corroborate Palestinian accusations that troops used indiscriminate and disproportionate firepower in civilian areas during the operation
The Guardian has discovered a new whistleblower in Barclay's.Despite being gagged by the high court the paper says that
The new allegations reiterate claims that the bank's main purpose in entering into these schemes was to make profit from tax avoidance through an intricate circuit of offshore Cayman Islands and Luxembourg companies.
Finally the Mail reports that its front page yesterday has brought rewards
Gordon Brown has led a remarkable Labour U-turn over the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings this summer. The Ministry of Defence, which consistently refused to give any assistance to veterans who want to go to France, agreed to hold new talks with their leaders.
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