Thursday's papers

Day 21 of the Telegraph's revelations may have put the final nail in the political coffin of Julie Kirkbride as the paper reports that she used taxpayers’ money to fund a £50,000 extension to her constituency flat so that her brother could live in the property.

The disclosure comes as pressure builds on Miss Kirkbride to step down after her husband, Andrew Mackay, a Tory MP, announced that he was quitting at the next election amid concerns over his expense claims.

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In the Guardian it is Nick Clegg's turn to put our democracy right as he writes in the paper that

Britain's politicians should be barred from taking their summer holidays until the constitutional crisis sparked by the expenses row is resolved and "every nook and cranny" of the political system is reformed,

The Times meanwhile focuses on the BNP as it reports that it is facing an inquiry into its funding after its leader, Nick Griffin, paid a £5,000 political donation into his personal bank account without declaring it.

The Mail claims victory following its front page yesterday

After an outcry revealed in yesterday's Daily Mail, they announced that she was 'welcome' after all at the 65th anniversary.
It was a dramatic U-turn by the French, who only hours before had been insisting that they had never planned to invite any members of the Royal Family.

The Express has good news for holiday makers who the paper says will be enjoying a spending boost this summer thanks to a huge surge in the pound’s value against the euro and dollar.

The Independent leads with the news that GM monkey's herald a health revolution.The paper says that

Scientists yesterday announced a breakthrough that could transform research into a range of incurable diseases but spark a dramatic increase in the number of monkeys used in experiments. Researchers have developed a technique to create genetically modified monkeys that suffer from human illnesses.

Finally the Sun reports that Susan Boyle completely lost her cool with two four-letter outbursts in a day,

She stunned Britain's Got Talent fans, contestants and their families before going into meltdown later in front of hundreds of hotel guests.
There were fears last night that the pressure was getting to the show favourite.