Monday's papers

The confirmed deaths of two British hostages in Iraq is the lead in the Independent this morning

Failed by the Foreign Office says the paper

The bodies of two British hostages handed to the embassy in Baghdad were identified yesterday as those of two security guards, amid questions and recriminations about the way the issue of the kidnappings has been handled by the British Government.

The Sun meanwhile reports that

THE seven-year-old daughter of kidnapped Jason Creswell penned a heart-rending letter to him ahead of Father’s Day — unaware he had already been murdered.

The Mirror adds that

Their devastated families were told that Jason Creswell and Jason Swindlehurst would never be coming home.

Intrigue and plots at Westminster.The Times says that the race to become the most powerful Commons Speaker in modern history is being undermined by party whips who are trying to install Margaret Beckett as their anti-reform candidate.

Gordon Brown was embroiled in a damaging row over the election of a new Commons speaker after MPs claimed that Labour whips were secretly attempting to swing the contest in favour of his Government’s preferred candidate, Margaret Beckett. reports the Telegraph

The Guardian reports that Figures published today by the World Bank show that the world's poorest countries will see $1tn (£600bn) drain from their economies this year.

The Mail claims that

The number of British passports given to migrants is set to hit a record 220,000 this year.

Finally the Express reports that

ENERGY bills will hit a shocking £5,000 a year to strike a blow to millions of struggling families, experts warned last night.