Newspaper review: Johnson's shock departure analysed
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There is considerable speculation about the reasons for Alan Johnson's sudden departure as shadow chancellor.
He said he resigned for "personal reasons" and the papers have differing claims about his private life and various reports of marital problems.
The
According to the and represents a severe blow to Ed Miliband.
'Sharp mind'
The with the direction of economic policy in the Labour Party.
Labour leader Ed Miliband fought to persuade him to remain in post, according to the paper.
Ed Balls is the new shadow chancellor and the is Labour's "sharpest economic mind".
The
Mighty pen
Conservative ministers are plotting
The paper quotes senior Tory sources and says there is "growing anger at his partisan conduct"
Several papers report research which has apparently found pupils who write by hand learn better than those who type their work on a computer.
It gives the
By three noses
An editorial in
If the prime minister had stuck to his party's pre-election pledge to cut the tax as the price rose, everyone would be happy, the paper says.
The at a greyhound race at Romford in Essex.
Three dogs crossed the line at the same split second - described by a bookmaker as "like winning the National Lottery and then getting struck by lightning".