Alistair Darling tells the Independent he expects the recession to be short and sharp.
George Osborne is not a fitting shadow chancellor, argues Iain Martin in today's Daily Telegraph.
Conservative blogger Tim Montgomerie agrees that Osborne would be better in another role.
In the Times, former Tory prime minister John Major accuses Labour of squandering the golden economic legacy inherited from his reign.
David Davis tells the Statesman David Cameron begged him not to quit as shadow home secretary, but he has no regrets.
In the Telegraph, Mary Riddell says Baby P was doomed to die.
