Tuesday, 14 April 2009

Tuesday's papers

The Damien McBride emails continue to dominate the news.

The Telegraph reports that Derek Draper and his wife had lunch with the Prime Minister only 12 days after The Red Rag, the website that was to carry the "salacious" allegations against Tories, was registered.

The paper says that

The pressure on Mr Brown intensified yesterday when Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, said the emails, which were sent to Mr Draper by Damian McBride, one of the Prime Minister's most trusted advisers, had "brought shame" on the Government.


The Times says that the Prime Minister has

bowed to pressure and expressed his “great regret” last night over a smear campaign planned by his former head of strategy and planning in No 10.


Both the Mail and the Independent return to the recession.

The Mail says that record numbers of middle-class homeowners are trying desperately to sell and move to smaller properties.

As a 'white-collar recession' begins to bite deeply, new figures show a sharp jump in families looking for a quick sale on houses worth £500,000 or more.


Workers who took out insurance against losing their job in the recession have been told they will get lower pay-outs in a trend that could affect millions of people.says the Indy

The Guardian leads with its forst story in a week long series as we prepare to leave Iraq and looks at the story of Major David Bradley who was severely injured during a mission to rescue soldiers in Basra in 2004

Finally the Express reports on the mother who tells of the “agonising” decision to shop her ex-public schoolboy son to the police after he became involved in hard drugs.that

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