Nicholas Timmins in the Financial Times reports on a new study showing that entrenched inequalities in British society are thwarting Labour's attempts to reduce poverty.
Naomi Klein tells the Times in an interview that her attack on "disaster capitalism" in her book The Shock Doctrine has to some extent been vindicated by the global recession.
Ken Livingstone tells the London Evening Standard in an interview that "we should shoot one banker a week until things improve" because they have been guilty of "rapacious, near criminal abuse".
The Guardian reports that Jack Straw has been targeted by Nigerian internet scammers.
Martin Bright, on his Spectator blog, says Lord Mandelson's performance on the BBC Ten O'Clock News last night was "seriously odd".
Peter Allen in the Daily Telegraph reports that Nicolas Sarkozy has taken up stamp collecting, with the Queen contributing to his collection.
