Newspaper review: PM's welfare ideas on front pages

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The prime minister's suggestions for cutting the nation's welfare bill feature on some of the front pages.

The <link> <caption>Guardian says the left</caption> <url href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jun/25/cameron-tories-slash-benefits" platform="highweb"/> </link> is likely to see them as "the death knell" for his brand of "compassionate conservatism".

<link> <caption>According to the Independent</caption> <url href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/return-of-the-nasty-party-7879749.html" platform="highweb"/> </link> , David Cameron is signalling "the return of the nasty party".

But the <link> <caption>Daily Mail says his vision</caption> <url href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2164175/MAIL-COMMENT-These-bold-changes-t-come-soon.html" platform="highweb"/> </link> stresses the virtues of self reliance, while the <link> <caption>Daily Telegraph</caption> <url href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/" platform="highweb"/> </link> says he will strike a chord with every taxpayer.

RBS 'fiasco'

The <link> <caption>Times</caption> <url href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/" platform="highweb"/> </link> accuses the RBS group of "rank incompetence" over the computer glitch that affected millions of RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank customers.

"It should", the paper says, "take an institution of this size the best part of a week to recover from a failed systems upgrade".

The <link> <caption>Mail</caption> <url href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2163912/Customers-express-fury-NatWest-technical-fiasco-goes-sixth-day.html" platform="highweb"/> </link> calls it a fiasco and the <link> <caption>Daily Mirror says it was a "disaster".</caption> <url href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/natwest-internet-banking-problems-move-938687" platform="highweb"/> </link>

In the <link> <caption>Telegraph</caption> <url href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk" platform="highweb"/> </link> , Misha Glenny says the banks will be "biting their nails" as they wait to see if customers leave.

'Landmark' election

There are mixed feelings about the Egyptian election result.

The <link> <caption>Independent says the apparently "broadly free and fair election"</caption> <url href="http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-after-jubilation-in-egypt-the-real-challenge-begins-7879706.html" platform="highweb"/> </link> is a "seminal moment not just for Egypt, but for the Arab Spring and world beyond".

A commentary in the <link> <caption>Times</caption> <url href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/" platform="highweb"/> </link> calls it a "landmark" while the <link> <caption>Guardian sees it as a triumph</caption> <url href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/24/egypt-presidential-election-mohamed-morsi" platform="highweb"/> </link> for democracy.

But an analysis in the <link> <caption>Mail says the result will send shockwaves</caption> <url href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/" platform="highweb"/> </link> through the Middle East, emboldening Islamic radicals from Bahrain to Syria.

England's Euro exit

A pall of footballing gloom from Kiev descends over front and back pages, after England's exit from Euro 2012.

"England's adventure in the European Championships came to penalties and once again - as usual - they lost," says the <link> <caption>Times</caption> <url href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/" platform="highweb"/> </link> .

The <link> <caption>Sun pictures Ashley Cole and Ashley Young</caption> <url href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/euro2012/4392779/Roy-Hodgson-says-England-did-all-they-could-as-Italy-triumph.html" platform="highweb"/> </link> , who missed penalties, under the headline "Ashes to Ashleys".

The <link> <caption>Guardian finds consolation</caption> <url href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jun/24/england-lose-penalties-euro-2012?newsfeed=true" platform="highweb"/> </link> in the thought that the side exceeded expectations in Ukraine.

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