A ComRes poll for the Independent shows the Tory lead over Labour has been slashed from 19 points to eight in just two months
The Guardian's Polly Toynbee claims that arguments over Keynes or Hayek will determine the country's fate for years to come
The leader column in the FT explains why for Gordon Brown, Prudence was a "good-time girl"
Boris Johnson, the London mayor, uses his column in the Telegraph to say there is nothing remotely "impolite" about spending money in these difficult times
Writing in the Times , Rachel Sylvester warns there will be further trouble for the Tories if their millionaire benefactor Lord Ashcroft does not answer vital questions
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Trevor Phillips, the equalities chief, says Britain risks a surge in rightwing extremism if it fails to help its white working class weather the recession