Monday's papers

The casualties in Afghnaistan continue to dominate the front pages this morning.

The Mail calls it a Betrayal of our troops reporting that

Senior British soldiers have launched a lacerating attack on Gordon Brown over Afghanistan.
They warned that a 'lack of leadership' at the top of government is causing unnecessary deaths.

The Telegraph says the government stands accused of a dereliction of duty reporting that

, Liam Fox, the shadow defence secretary, said that the Prime Minister had "catastrophically" under-equipped the armed forces.

According to the Times

Gordon Brown will try to rally faltering public support for the war against the Taleban today, as ministers insist that sending more troops would not cut British casualties in Afghanistan.

The Sun simply reports that

THREE boy soldiers were among five British troops killed in a chilling Taliban ambush, it was revealed yesterday.

The Guardian reports the findings of a new ICM poll for the Guardian and the BBC's Newsnight which says that support for the war remains firm while backing for UK involvement in the conflict has grown. and adds that

People appear reluctant to turn against a conflict while soldiers are fighting and dying on the front line, and the increasingly high-profile nature of the war appears to be strengthening public backing.

A change of tact from the Independent which reports the comments of transport minister Lord Adonias who

has become the first senior minister to launch an offensive against cuts to his major spending plans, ruling out any withdrawal of support for his ambitious high-speed rail line despite growing pressure on the Government to cut some big projects.

Finally a change of tact also for the Express which reports that our energy bills

will rocket by more than £200 a year thanks to a new Government plan for “green” energy to be unveiled this week.