The Times claims that plans by Lord Mandelson to axe new laws that would increase costs for businesses, including enhanced maternity leave, could open a rift in the cabinet.
In the Guardian, Peter Preston asks: if our politicians could not predict the financial crisis, why should we trust them to find a way out of it?
Gordon Brown is urged to put £6bn into social housing to solve the crisis, by a group headed by his own former housing advisor, reports the Financial Times.
A £160,000 civil service job to boost the government's profile online – a "Twittercrat" – has been condemned as a PR stunt, writes Sarah Knapton in The Daily Telegraph.
Meanwhile, David Cameron faces tough questions from Sussex newspaper the Argus, which asked readers what it should ask the Tory leader ahead of a visit to Brighton last week.
Looking to boost your income? A career as a spy is not the same as BBC programme Spooks, warns former head of MI5 Stella Rimington. There are "a lot more meetings" she tells The Times.
