MEDIA MONITOR: Friday 27th January 2012

Today’s top story:

RBS hands chief £1m bonus and fuels political storm, Guardian, Independent, Mail, Times, pg. 43, FTpg 2 

Key articles on the Chamber Network’s policy priorities:

Be bold to promote business, Cameron tells Europe, Guardian, Independent, Mail, Tele, Times, pg. 40, FT, pg 1 

School tables show shocking waste of talent, says minister, Independent, Guardian, Times, pg. 5 

Firms must pay to dig up roads, Tele

Chancellor to unveil power to take control of banks, Tele

Minimum wage a ‘machine to destroy jobs’, Tele

Cameron calls for new and ambitious ideas on trade after Doha ‘failure’, Tele

EU capital plans will cause harm to SMEs, says Barclays, Tele

Suppliers suffer from ‘endemic’ late payment, Tele

FT Special Report "Investing in young people" FT

New regulation will hinder lending, Independent

Auto enrolment delay will cut retirement cash for millions of workers, Independent

More news...

BBC boss to quit after eight years in television’s top job, Guardian

Lib Dems urge Clegg to back Lords on benefits, Guardian

Clegg: I’ll fund tax cuts with £9bn raid on ‘unearned income’, Mail

Paying cash in hand is ‘diddling the country’, Tele

China and India to be centre of world trade, Tele

High street suffers biggest slump in three years, Mail, Independent

Games will hit transport and energy projects, Tele

Entrepreneur help made more visible, Tele

Downturn cuts 700,000 manufacturing jobs. Guardian, pg 34 

Time to close tax haven loopholes, says Miliband, Independent

Osborne to target the super-rich who avoid stamp duty, Times, pg. 20 

Hundreds of steel workers lose jobs as rescue talks fail, Times, pg. 46