It's Labour manifesto day and according to the Independent,Gordon Brown will today execute a remarkable personal about-turn as he embraces Tony Blair's pet policy for freeing hospitals from Whitehall control.
The Labour manifesto will commit a Brown government to transferring power over every hospital to local managers, while hospitals that fail to raise standards within three years will be taken over.
The front page of the Guardian says that the manifesto centres on pledge to allow failing schools, hospitals and police forces to be taken over.
Whilst the Telegraph says that the manifesto tries to win back Middle England with manifesto pledges on family rights and anti-social behaviour.
On that theme the Times says Labour will force foreign workers to speak English
the party will pledge to extend the English language requirement to all new applicants for public sector jobs. It will also promise to increase the minimum wage and outline new measures to tackle youth unemployment.
Stranger in our own country says the Express claiming that the government's open-door policy on immigration is leading to English becoming a second language in schools across Britain,
The Mail says that Brown will leave open the possibility of VAT hitting 20 per cent under Labour when he unveils his election manifesto today
Elsewhere,The cost of a litre of petrol would be cut by about ten pence if oil prices remain high under Conservative plans for motorists to be included in the party’s manifesto says the Telegraph
Meanwhile the Guardian reports that the Liberal Democrats are to accuse the government of levying unfair taxes for 13 years, publishing research which they say shows the amount of tax paid by the poorest has gone up under Labour.
Chris Grayling's chances of becoming the next Home Secretary took a further blow yesterday after David Davis suggested he would be willing to return to the post should David Cameron form the next Government reports the Independent.
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