By Alex Smith / @alexmith1982
* Gordon Brown and David Cameron have both refused to be interviewed by Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight.
* Paternity leave on full pay will be extended from two weeks to four under new Labour plans.
* Gordon Brown is taking a gamble on beating George Osborne in the spending battle, says the Times.
* Mahdi Hasan in the New Statesman has ten questions for Osborne on “state waste”.
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