1. The real 'problem' with these families is that they're poor (Guardian)
All the common sense in Louise Casey's grasp won't change the fact that this troubled policy is divisive and dishonest, writes Zoe Williams.
2. We must summon the courage to bring Zimbabwe in from the cold (Daily Telegraph)
Sanctions have served no purpose and the Foreign Office is right to begin lifting them, says Peter Oborne.
3. Russia’s concern is to deny victory to the west (Financial Times)
Moscow’s aim is to make the price of regime change prohibitive, writes Zaki Laïdi.
4. Finally Ed Miliband could recalibrate Labour as a party of liberty (Guardian)
Facing down the wizened authoritarians and their secret courts would be a clean break with the Blair era's controlling zeal, says John Kampfner.
5. Is the truth ever true? Let’s have an inquiry (Times) (£)
We kid ourselves if we think e-mails and texts reveal who is really lying, says David Aaronovitch. Haven’t you heard of the Rashomon effect?
6. Moshe Silman's self-immolation is a national, not just a personal, tragedy (Guardian)
Silman's act is a terrible reminder the social problems that prompted huge protests in Israel last year remain, writes Ami Kaufman.
7. Marissa Mayer and the motherhood penalty (Financial Times)
Yahoo’s pregnant CEO is in an impossible situation, writes April Dembosky.
8. The Utopia Lansley dreamt of is beyond politics (Independent)
The NHS would be turned into a clockwork universe - a perfectly incentivised perpetual motion machine, writes Andreas Whittam Smith.
9. A new world of hope beyond the statist EU (Daily Mail)
This country is exporting more goods to nations beyond the EU than to our European partners, notes a Daily Mail leader.
10. Dairy farmers are being skimmed alive (Daily Telegraph)
The British milk industry is in crisis, says Louise Gray.
