Mark Wallace of the TaxPayers' Alliance writes on ConservativeHome that the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, was wrong to back off from democratic local accountability for the police.
Gordon Brown tells the Daily Mirror the fight against unemployment will be his top priority for 2009.
Cabinet minister issues stark warning of carnage for private and public sectors as employers delay huge redundancies until the new year, according to the Independent.
The Labour party draws a line under a row over the reselection of sitting MP Laura Moffat, the Herald reports.
Tony McNulty, the employment minister, takes questions on the BBC
Former Plaid Cymru leader and presiding officer Dafydd Elis-Thomas tells the Western Mail he does not expect a referendum on law-making powers to take place by 2011, despite the fact this was a key plank in the One Wales pact which united Labour and Plaid Cymru.