Worth a look

In the FT, Mathew Vincent examines how the banking crisis could hit your pocket and the steps you can take to avoid losses

Jonathan Freedland argues in the Guardian that governments should use the banking crisis to reassert their power over the bankers

Times columnist Alice Miles takes Gordon Brown to task for taking so long to make today's announcement

On the blogs, the BBC's Nick Robinson ponders whether the rescue plan is a good or bad idea

Vincent Cable, the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman, says in an article for the Telegraph that minister have been guilty of following events rather than leading them

In the same paper, Simon Heffer, insists we are paying the price of failing to control the money supply