Sunday papers

The revelations about MP's expenses continue in the Sunday Telegraph with the spotlight turned on Sinn Fein members.

The paper reports that absent Sinn Fein MPs have milked the Parliamentary second-home expenses system for nearly £500,000

The Express meanwhile reports that

MPs have voted themselves an extra £16million in expenses this year, despite mounting public anger over their money-grabbing claim

Speaker's Scapegoat says the front page of the Mail as it reveals that the parliamentary finance chief who signs off their claims had no formal accountancy skills - and that he feared he would be sacked when he warned the Commons Speaker the system was being abused.

The Observer stays on the theme as it reports that HM Revenue and Customs is to investigate whether MPs have deliberately evaded capital gains tax when selling their second homes.

The Sunday Times carries the latest opinion polls as ahead of the European elections it reports that

Labour is trailing the Liberal Democrats as well as the Tories as it heads into the June 4 elections in 34 English local authorities.

The Independent carries an interview with the Tory leader who tells the paper that he will pull the plug on Brown

in the Commons next month, Mr Cameron has the potential to bring down the Government over the part-privatisation of Royal Mail. There could be as many as 120 Labour rebels against the Bill, forcing Mr Brown to rely on Tory votes.

The Sunday Mirror focuses on another problem for the government

The widow of a hero Gurkha killed in Afghanistan was told she has no right to stay in Britain – just 24 hours after he was blasted to death by a Taliban suicide bomber.
Still stunned by news that Kumar Pun had given his life for Britain on Thursday, his wife Parbati was told on Friday she and his children could be ordered out of the UK next year.