Newspaper review: Papers mull over Tory rebellion

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There is plenty of coverage of the Conservative rebellion on the proposals for the future of the House of Lords.

<link> <caption>The Times</caption> <url href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/" platform="highweb"/> </link> has the headline "Coalition creaks as rebels flex muscles".

It says a mass revolt by Tory MPs threatens to destabilise the coalition.

According to the paper, David Cameron will sit down with Nick Clegg to try to plot a new phase of the coalition after an expected result that Lib Dems will regard as a breach of faith by the Tories.

The <link> <caption>Daily Mail</caption> <url href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2171213/70-Tory-rebels-vow-defy-Cameron-Lords-reform-Coalition-ministers-braced-defeat-Commons.html" platform="highweb"/> </link> says a heavy defeat would put Mr Cameron under intense pressure to tell Mr Clegg that the legislation must be abandoned.

<link> <caption>The Independent</caption> <url href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tories-plan-to-axe-pensioners-benefits-7924940.html" platform="highweb"/> </link> says a close ally of the prime minister will propose better-off pensioners should lose their winter fuel payments, free prescriptions, bus passes and TV licences.

It says the call by the Conservative MP for Grantham and Stamford, Nick Boles, is a clear sign Mr Cameron is moving towards cutting benefits for some pensioners from 2015.

According to <link> <caption>The Guardian</caption> <url href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jul/09/insurance-industry-pressure-pension-plan" platform="highweb"/> </link> , the British financial services industry spent £92m last year lobbying politicians and securing a string of policy victories.

An investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has revealed what the paper calls the firepower of the City's lobbying machine.

The <link> <caption>Daily Telegraph</caption> <url href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9387023/Hundreds-die-from-strokes-at-weekends-because-of-poorer-NHS-care-study.html" platform="highweb"/> </link> focuses on the findings of a study that 1,000 stroke victims each year die unnecessarily or suffer serious disabilities because of the poor standard of hospital care at weekends.

The <link> <caption>Daily Express</caption> <url href="http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/331892/Arthritis-cured-by-stem-cell-injection" platform="highweb"/> </link> looks to the world of medicine again, to bring news of a treatment for arthritis it says could end years of pain for sufferers.

The <link> <caption>Daily Mirror</caption> <url href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/tom-cruise-and-katie-holmes-divorce-1138197" platform="highweb"/> </link> reports on the divorce settlement for the Hollywood actor, Tom Cruise, and his wife, Katie Holmes.

A number of papers are intrigued by the appearance of what they call a mysterious young woman at the side of North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong-un.

<link> <caption>The Guardian</caption> <url href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/09/north-korea-kim-jong-un-mystery-woman" platform="highweb"/> </link> says her appearances have become front page news in South Korea.

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