
Another Sunday of sleeze in the papers.
Geoff Hoon is the latest to have the spotlight turned on him as the Mail on Sunday reports that the Cabinet Minister who sent Britain's Armed Forces into the Iraq war claimed expenses on his constituency house and rented out his London home - while living throughout the conflict in a palatial grace-and-favour apartment in Whitehall.
The Times meanwhile says that MPs are avoiding stamp duty of more than £10,000 on second and third homes by claiming it back on their parliamentary expenses.
The Telegraph has the home secretary on its front cover as the paper says she has come out fighting in the wake of the disclosure that she claimed for two pay-per-view pornographic films on her House of Commons expenses.
According to the Express the switch to digital television is leaving viewers across the country with blank screens or only half the channels promised and poor quality pictures.
The Independent turns to Strasborg.It reports that
The second major international gathering in three days ended amid much smiling, hailing of achievement and togetherness, as Nato leaders agreed more troops for Afghanistan and the appointment of a controversial secretary-general. But last night, as the fires lit by protesters died down, so did some of the euphoria. It was more a case of "so far, so good", rather than any leaps forward for world peace.
Finally the Observer leads with the news that teachers have launched a devastating attack on parents, accusing many of failing in their responsibilities and undermining schools.The paper says
Children are now arriving at school socially undeveloped, increasingly unable to dress themselves, unable to use the toilet properly and unused to eating at a table,
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