It's budget day.Only the Telegraph leads with that story telling its readers that millions of middle-class Britons face higher income tax bills to fund another increase in public spending.
The Guardian says that the Chancellor will strike an upbeat note about the prospects for the economy as he delivers a budget designed to help Britain grow its way out of the deepest recession since the second world war.
The Times predicts he will place nuclear and wind power today at the heart of efforts to lead Britain into sustained growth
Whilst the Mail believes that he is expected to steal another flagship Conservative policy by scrapping stamp duty on homes worth up to £250,000.
It leads with the news that a series of astonishing mails from Unite official Graham Stevenson, who is also on the executive of the British Communist Party, reveal the union plans to 'reclaim or refound' Labour, dumping Blairite policies in favour of old-style socialism.
The Sun reports that a security man at Heathrow has been quizzed by police after ogling a girl colleague "naked" in a new anti-terror body scanner.
Clone wars says the Independent's front page as it reports that new details have been revealed showing how Israeli security services stole British citizens' identities whilst foreign Office advises travellers to Israel that they risk having their passports cloned.
That story also makes the front of the Guardian which says that teh expulsion
seemed certain to deepen Israel's isolation at a critical moment. It coincided with a visit by Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, to Washington aimed at soothing US anger over Jewish settlement building in Jerusalem.
Leading doctors call for a ban on smoking in cars is the lead in the Times.In a letter to the paper
the doctors argue for more anti-smoking legislation to address the serious health problems caused by passive smoking.
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