Papers talk of 'savings stampede'

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There is talk of a "savings stampede" as anxious investors try to protect themselves from the financial crisis.

The Daily Express and Daily Telegraph report that customers have already moved billions of pounds from banks into accounts that guarantee deposits.

The Express says Irish banks have been among the biggest winners after the government there announced plans to guarantee deposits in full.

The nationalised Northern Rock is also proving a popular choice.

Exodus fears

The Guardian reports that Alistair Darling intervened twice with the Irish government on behalf of UK banks.

There were fears of an exodus of funds from the UK across the Irish Sea after the announcement of a blanket guarantee for savers.

However, the the paper says Dublin was unrepentant about the move.

The Daily Mail reports that Gordon Brown is facing growing pressure from senior bankers to introduce a similar package to save the City from collapse.

Weak survey

With so much economic gloom, the Financial Times and the Independent report that a cut in interest rates is widely expected next week.

It follows an extremely weak survey of manufacturers, the FT says.

But the Times' business and City editor David Wighton warns that it is by no means certain.

He argues that with inflation forecasts already worryingly high, the Bank of England may decide that cutting rates is too big a risk.

Measured speech

There is extensive coverage of David Cameron's speech to the Conservative Party conference.

The Sun portrays him as a real life Bob the Builder. "Can we Fix It?" asks its headline - "Yes we Cam".

The Daily Telegraph describes how in a measured and restrained speech, he sold himself as the man who could be trusted in a crisis.

The Daily Mail has a picture of Mr Cameron kissing his wife, alongside the caption "A kiss for a PM in waiting".