1. George Osborne's strivers have a shock in store (Guardian)
The £10bn of extra welfare cuts will hit the strivers the Tories are courting as much as the targeted 'shirkers', says Gavin Kelly.
2. Andrew Mitchell must step down (Daily Telegraph)
The Chief Whip is a walking, talking embodiment of everything with which David Cameron would least like his party to be associated, says a Telegraph leader.
3. The harmful myth of the balanced budget (Financial Times)
Critics of austerity sell themselves short by merely calling for a deceleration in deficit reduction, says Samuel Brittan.
4. The US is buzzing, but it’s a Wasp-free zone (Times) (£)
In 1992 all four presidential candidates were White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, notes Ben Macintyre. That’s four more than this year.
5. Integration? The opposite is true in Jeremy Hunt's NHS (Guardian)
The latest healthcare buzzword means nothing, but growing privatisation is reported to be fragmenting services, writes Polly Toynbee.
6. What Doctors Don’t Tell You: There is something very wrong with our libel laws (Independent)
Our libel law protects the rich and the powerful, writes Simon Singh. It's time for a 21st century re-think.
7. Cameron’s toffs must convince the plebs they’re on their side (Daily Telegraph)
The Andrew Mitchell affair hides the fact that it is the Conservatives who are fighting class inequality, argues Fraser Nelson.
8. High-stakes choices for China’s leaders (Financial Times)
Changes at the top will shape the international order for decades, writes Philip Stephens.
9. Grubby deal that will harm British politics (Daily Mail)
The Prime Minister should think long and hard before allowing 16 and 17-year-olds to vote on Scottish independence, argues a Daily Mail editorial.
10. Gove's centralism is not so much socialist as Soviet (Guardian)
Instead of modernising, British schools stick with the same culture that saw a Nobel winner humiliated in class, writes Simon Jenkins.