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Newspaper review: Papers give views on Big Society
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As David Cameron prepares to relaunch his Big Society initiative, the papers explain how they see the concept.
The , rather than focus on the caricature it has become.
In the Telegraph's view, it is not about volunteering - or not exclusively so - and it is not a cover for cuts.
For the to obscure the wilful destruction of public services.
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Pay and perks
A study showing that over 220 council executives earned more than the prime minister last year is widely reported.
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The , politically-correct non-jobs and pay and perks for executives and councillors remain untouched.
Their cynical aim? .
It says the way some councils are going about deciding where to cut spending is a "politically-motivated disgrace".
Tight-lipped
Several papers go in search of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
The , but armed guards at his winter palace were saying nothing.
However, that Mr Mubarak was inside.
Staff at the hotel next door that he was about, but said they had been warned not to discuss his presence.
Slice of history
A number of papers have a picture of the world's oldest complete wedding cake, baked 113 years ago.
The and there is a big crack in the side as a result of vibration from a World War II bomb.
But the rich fruit cake inside the ornate icing is still moist, it adds.
until it closed in 1964 before ending up at a local museum in Basingstoke, Hampshire.
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