Tuesday's papers

More on MP's expenses this morning.

The Telegraph reporting that the Transport Secretary,Geoff Hoon, is exposed as the second Cabinet minister to have claimed expenses for two different second homes at the same time.

Mr Hoon's constituency home was funded by the taxpayer while he was also claiming parliamentary allowances for a London town house

says the paper.

The Guardian meanwhile belives that the Chancellor's position is under threat.The paper saying that he

was clinging on to his job tonight after he was forced into a humiliating apology for mistakes made on his expenses claims, and Gordon Brown declined to offer him his full backing.

The Independent turns its spotlight to the Tories.Its latest ComRes survey which shows a dramatic drop in support for the Conservatives as voters have turned their backs on all three main parties.

the poll puts the "other parties" on 30 per cent – neck and neck with the Tories. The Tories' rating is 15 points down on the last ComRes survey for this newspaper a month ago, before the controversy erupted. It is at its lowest level in any poll since April 2006, poll since April 2006 when David Cameron was engulfed in a row over his party's policy on grammar schools.

The Times meanwhile looks to Europe as it reports that three politicians accused of misusing public money will receive pensions and benefits in a £20m payoff for British MEPs

Twenty-two British MEPs — more than a quarter of the total — are stepping down. Each will be paid up to two years’ salary to help them to adjust to their new lives and they will share a £10 million index-linked pension pot.

The Express focuses on another of yesterday's big stories.Vanished in thin air says its headline as it reports

FIVE British passengers were among the victims of a doomed Air France flight which vanished over the Atlantic, it was confirmed last night.
The packed plane was carrying 228 people from Brazil to Paris when it disappeared after reporting an electrical short-circuit as it headed through a tropical storm.
It is thought the Airbus A330 may have been struck by lightning, sending its systems haywire. But the cause of the crash is still unknown because the pilots made no mayday call to air traffic controllers.

The Mail and the Sun meanwhile report the latest from Susan Boyle,the latter reporting that a

SHATTERED Susan Boyle was rushed to a rehab clinic after she COLLAPSED following an emotional rant at Britain's Got Talent chiefs.
The singer, dramatically beaten in Saturday's thrilling telly final, lashed out verbally at producers while in hiding at a London hotel.

The Mail reports that TV watchdogs are set to investigate the treatment of Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent after a flood of complaints from viewers.

Media regulator Ofcom is considering an investigation into whether ITV has breached the broadcasting code after viewers flooded phone lines with a 'large number of complaints'.