News digest 6 December 2011
The main news in most of the papers is the
gradual moves towards a eurozone rescue as Merkel and Sarkozy agree
to ever closer fiscal union. That opens up a can of worms for
Cameron who is now being attacked by the Tory right over his
unwillingness to hold a referendum on potential treaty changes.
Cameron is also under fire in the Indie after lobbyists boasted how
they can help influence the prime minister, for a hefty fee (to the
lobbyist not the PM).
Many of the papers also report on poor
data from the high street with services slowing and retail
suffering. Britain has however achieved the fastest growth in one
area in contrast to other countries, sadly it’s the fastest growing
income gap with the wealthiest 10 per cent earning 12 times as much
as the poorest 10 per cent.
Cameron is also taken to task in the
Mirror over deserting Derby and the government’s manufacturing
strategy, or lack of one, although the Express trails a possible
lifeline. On the transport front Ryanair sees a drop in passengers
after grounding flights, Stelios wants to set up an African budget
airline and IAG gains from first and business passengers. Elsewhere
on the company front Greencore’s deal is off, Rosenfeld will head
up the Cadbury side of Kraft when then US business is broken up,
shareholders want to keep an eye on bonuses, while more finance
workers are sacked. Unite also launched its new community
membership scheme which opens up support and services for the
unemployed, students and all those not in employment giving people
the opportunity to become part of one of the most powerful forces
for equality in the country…
Sun
Express
Mail
Times (no links all
stories behind paywall)
- Cameron in a fix after euro giants forge pact (p1)
- £40 million upgrade for Olympic ceremonies (p1)
- Southern Cross could happen again (p3)
- Assange’s final chance (p4)
- Health monitors to be installed in millions of homes (p5)
- Tories defy Cameron as he rules out referendum (p6-7)
- HSBC fined (p8)
- Jesus may not be on protesters’ side, Archbishop backtracks
(p14)
- Press regulator knew members broke law but took years to act
(p16-17)
- Let’s be honest: Labour would have cut too – Ed Balls
(p25)
- Ryanair’s golden era grinds to halt (p39)
- Sir Stelios sets out to conquer Africa (p39)
- Services sector holding up (p42)
- Rosenfeld keeps her fingers on Cadbury (p47)
Indie
Guardian
Telegraph
FT (no links all stories behind
paywall)
- Deal over eurozone fiscal rules (p1)
- HSBC fined (p1)
- Cameron rejects calls for referendum (p2)
- By-election: Labour fails to capitalise on coalition setback
(p2)
- Osborne to unveil offshore tax reform (p2)
- High street sales in doldrums (p2)
- Bankers poised for scrutiny on bonus packages (p3)
- Auditors see risk of overspend as PM doubles budget for Olympic
ceremonies (p4)
- Top earners drawing away from nation’s lowest paid (p4)
- HSBC reveals job cuts and fine on same day (p20) – Unite
cited
- easyJet founder in African adventure (p22)
- Tui confident of picking up bookings (p22)
- Veolia to dispose of Transdev stake (p23)
- Kraft chief to run snacks arm after spin-off (p24)
Morning Star
Yesterday’s
Unite releases
Edited by Mik
Sabiers
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