Papers turn election focus to tax

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As speculation about an early election mounts, the papers turn their attention to that eternal battleground - tax.

The Guardian says Labour has responded to the Conservatives' proposed tax cuts by calling them unaffordable.

But the Sun believes that Labour is in for a tax backlash of its own, as a result of a 2p a litre rise in duty on petrol and diesel.

With the average price of diesel at almost £1 a litre, the Daily Express warns of another 2p rise due in April.

Voted off

Headline writers have fun at the expense of the television presenter Anne Robinson, who has announced her divorce from her husband of 27 years.

The Sun takes adopts her most famous catch-phrase word-for-word: "You are the Weakest Link... Goodbye!"

Elsewhere, the break-up is described as a "severed link" by the Guardian.

The Times juxtaposes the story with calls from Britain's most senior family judge for a review of the law on how couples' assets are split on divorce.

Fighting on

The papers report how the determination of pro-democracy activists in Burma remains apparent, despite the military crackdown on their demonstrations.

"Whether it takes a month, a year or more, we will not stop," a senior monk tells the Independent.

A student tells the Guardian that if those cheering them on join the protests instead, "we could still win".

But the Financial Times is not optimistic. The junta is determined to "tough it out", the paper says.

Soft landing

"Miracle Towers" is how the Daily Mirror describes a block of flats where a two-year-old fell 100ft from a seventh floor window - and lived.

A neighbour tells the newspaper just how lucky the toddler was.

Had she fallen a few centimetres away, onto scaffolding posts or the pavement, she would have been killed.

But, as the Daily Express says, the toddler's fall was broken by a lift used by builders who were renovating the block in south-west London.