No doubt we all thought last week's catering dispute at Heathrow would peter out after things had settled; unfortunately this isn't happening, and there are threats of a full-scale strike, says The Guardian. The Independent adds that talks are still happening.
Times columnist Anatole Kaletsky asks how, if petrol is shooting up and water, electricity and gas have also increased substantially over the last year, inflation remains in single figures. The Independent maintains that the economy is more robust than we'd been led to believe by much of the week's news (a view echoed by the Daily Telegraph's piece on High Styreet retail), and adds weight to yesterday's reports that phone calls will get cheaper, as does The Guardian. Indeed, the Indie makes happy reading as it repoorts that corporate tax receipts were better than expected in July so there's more cash in the coffers than we thought.
Speaking of tax, the Daily Telegraph discusses the idea of a flat rate tax and doesn't like it, but on the positive side it joins The Times in noting that oil price rises haven't hit inflation in Europe.
On cue to sober us up, however, is The Guardian with a piece on how we're all going to pay more tax next year, according to a lot of economists. At least we won't be able to afford tickets for the grounded planes...
