Many of the papers preview what is goig to be in the Queen's speech this afternoon although they choose differing themes

Hit the banks where it hurts says the Independent

Banks will face huge fines if they do not treat their customers fairly, under a crackdown to be announced by the Government today.
Ministers have decided to turn the voluntary code of practice operated by the banks into a legally-binding one, amid mounting concern that they are flouting their own rules during the credit crunch. The move follows claims that small businesses and individual customers have had the terms and conditions of their loans and overdrafts changed overnight by their banks.

Lie detector test to catch benefit cheats says the Guardian

Benefit claimants will face lie detector tests and will lose benefits for a month if found guilty of fiddling the system under proposals unveiled by Gordon Brown on the eve of today's Queen's speech.
The "one strike and you're out" proposal is contained in a tough summary of the speech released yesterday by the Cabinet Office. The government is also proposing to give the public clearer information, mainly via the internet, on how criminals are sentenced in local courts. Communities are to be given a bigger role in deciding what form of community punishment local criminals should be forced to undertake

Millions of parents to be able to request family-friendly flexible working says the Telegraph

It had been suggested that the move would be delayed or shelved altogether in order to ease the pressure on small businesses struggling to cope with the recession.
Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, last month ordered a review of the proposal to extend flexible working rights from the parents of under-sixes to the 4.5 million with children up to the age of 16, hinting that he was sympathetic to the concerns of employers.

The Mail reports that

State officials are to be given powers previously reserved for times of war to demand a person's proof of identity at any time.
Anybody who refuses the Big Brother demand could face arrest and a possible prison sentence.

The Times chooses not to lead with this afternoo events instead focusing on the decision of De Menezes coroner to rule out unlawful killing verdict

Sir Michael Wright, QC, ruled yesterday that jurors would not be allowed to consider a verdict of unlawful killing. In the closing stages of the 11-week inquest, which has involved 100 witnesses and is estimated to have cost £3 million, Sir Michael said that the evidence did not justify such a conclusion.

But back to events in Parliament

Michael Martin, the Commons Speaker, faces an unprecedented revolt from some of Britain's most senior politicians as the row over the arrest of Damian Green threatens to overshadow one of the great ceremonies of state today.
The affair was set to eclipse Gordon Brown's announcement of his plans for the new parliamentary year with senior opposition figures making clear they would demand an emergency debate into the police raids which have left MPs furious. says the Independent

The Guardian says that

The Metropolitan police conducted a search of Damian Green's parliamentary office last week after being told by the Cabinet Office that a series of leaks to the shadow minister could have posed a threat to national security.
Minutes after the Tories intensified the pressure on the police last night by releasing a short video showing the "rigorous" search, the Met hit back by highlighting the seriousness of the operation

Peter Tobin found guilty of Vicky Hamilton murder is the news in many of the papers

A man already serving a life sentence for rape and murder was convicted yesterday of killing a schoolgirl in what a judge said “must rank among the most evil and horrific acts that any human being could commit”.
Peter Tobin abducted and murdered Vicky Hamilton, 15, as she made her way home from visiting her sister in February 1991. He then cut her body in two. says the Times

The Mail says that

Peter Tobin, 62, abducted, sexually assaulted and killed 15-year-old Vicky Hamilton, before cutting up her body and hiding it.
A month later he drove the remains hundreds of miles from Scotland in his van and buried them in the garden of his new home in Kent.
Today a judge told Tobin he was unfit to live in decent society.

Meanwhile it reports that

School run mother hit and left for dead by car thief 'without morals' as she scraped frost from windscreen

A mother was fighting for her life last night after being ambushed by a car-jacker who pounced as she scraped ice from the windscreen.
The attacker ran down Caroline Johnson, 46, with her own car as he fled.
Miss Johnson, a receptionist, had been preparing to take her 13-year-old son Jason on the school run and had left her engine running just yards from her front door.

One in 10 children suffer abuse, say experts reports the Guardian

The true scale of the maltreatment of children in the UK is revealed by child abuse experts today who say that one in 10 suffers physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect.
Unlike Baby P, who died in Haringey, north London, while on the at-risk register after months of abuse and neglect, most maltreated children are not even referred to the authorities

Terrorist triggers alert for 'sister' who guided him reports the Telegraph

A Mumbai terrorist captured by police has confirmed to interrogators that a woman in Islamic dress guided him around the city before and after the attackers went on a shooting spree.Investigators said that an urgent alert had been issued to officers to find the woman referred to by Azam Amir Qasab as "sister."
Eyewitnesses had seen Qasab buying dried fruit with the burqa-wearing woman near Mumbai's main train just minutes before the attack was launched.

Fear of Mumbai-style attack prompts UK security review says the Independent

MPs are to carry out a review of national security policy amid fears that Britain is exposed to a Mumbai-style attack, The Independent has learnt.
Security agencies are aware that home-grown Muslim extremists may attempt to carry out copycat assaults on "soft targets" in the UK, modelled on what took place in India

The Guardian reports that

US warned India of attack by Islamist militants,

a revelation that will add to public anger over apparent security lapses and missed chances to stop the attack on Mumbai.
Although the CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declined yesterday to comment on intelligence shared with allies round the world, a serving intelligence source confirmed to the Guardian that a warning had been passed to Indian counterparts.


The Times reports that

Thailand airports re-open as week long siege ends

As the militants from the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) brought their crippling seven day siege of Bangkok's airports to an end and began their exodus, the international airport opened early this morning and the first flight arrived from Phuket, in Southern Thailand

The events at the British Lapland continue to get reported,the Sun leads with

SCARED elves at a grotty Christmas grotto have been pulled out after Santa and three of his little helpers were attacked by angry parents.
Twenty-five staff were told by their temping agency to quit Lapland New Forest, while a gate worker fled after being assaulted.
The park has been blasted for charging a “rip-off” £30 entrance fee – despite being branded a “glorified car-boot sale” in a muddy field.

Knut bears brunt of financial crisis reports the Indy

The world's most famous polar bear is to be banished from Berlin zoo because of lack of cash – the first ursine victim of the credit crunch.
Knut the polar bear, who now weighs 210kg, turns two on Friday. But Berlin zoo will not be holding a party for its famous inmate, who has lived there since birth, announcing plans for his imminent eviction instead.