Tuesday's papers

It's Tory manifesto day today and the Times leads with the news that David Cameron will invite voters today to take greater control over their own lives as he challenges Labour’s vision for Britain’s future.

Writing in the paper,the Tory leader

holds up the promise of a “more contented country” if voters take up his offer to run schools, vote for police chiefs and set up co-operatives delivering public services.
says

The Guardian compares the two manifestos saying that a Conservative government would hand people "direct control" over how they are governed nationally and locally.

The main message in the Mail is that

Immigration is 'too high' and will be reduced to levels last seen in the mid-1990s under a Tory election blueprint to restore Britain's 'sense of national purpose'.

Meanwhile the Telegraph warns of the threat of a substantial rise in VAT if Labour wins the general election was raised when Gordon Brown refused to rule out increasing the tax.

The Sun meanwhile reports that

Brown's election campaign was on the critical list last night - after a disastrous Labour manifesto launch at a hospital.

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/election2010/2930035/Labours-manifesto-launch-is-a-shambles.html#ixzz0kxJ0K0yW


The latest poll is in the Independent this morning puts the The Tories on 37 per cent Labour 30 per cent and the Liberal Democrats on 20 per cent.

These figures,says the paper would leave Mr Cameron 31 seats short of an overall majority, with 295 seats to Labour's 266 and the Liberal Democrats' 57.

Meanwhile a Guardian/ICM poll today puts the Tory lead over Labour at just six points.

The Express is angry with the decision that that taxpayers face a £1million legal bill for three Labour MPs accused of cheating their expenses.

Other political stories and the Telegraph reports that the young Labour supporter who introduced Gordon Brown at the party’s manifesto launch had called on him to quit as leader.

Finally the Mail reports that homeowners are rushing to sell their properties before the election,

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said the 'dash for cash' was being fuelled by the extreme levels of 'uncertainty' about the future.