Sunday Papers: Ernst & Young calls for half-point rate cut - other news

Ernst & Young ITEM Club warns that turmoil in the money markets could slow growth significantly and urges Bank of England to cut rates by half-a-point.

* Tory leader David Cameron challenges Gordon Brown to stop dithering and call a general election as he unveils radical tax-cut plans, including a pledge to cut stamp duty for first-time homebuyers
* Observer poll shows Tory leader trailing badly on nearly every indicator of public opinion
* Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, in an interview with the Independent on Sunday, sparks immigration row by saying 'we must listen to BNP voters'
* Chancellor Alistair Darling to move slowly on private equity tax reform
* Ministers have drawn up confidential proposals to slash the number of ships in the Royal Navy, according to Sunday Telegraph
* A key suspect in the alleged plot to mount an attack in Germany on the scale of 9/11 is on the run in Britain
* A British couple among 12 injured as terrorists target the Maldives
* A suicide bomber kills 30 aboad a bus in Kabul, Afghanistan
* Burma junta divided over Suu Kyi talks: UN envoy enters talks to stop bloodshed; Lloyd's of London is rapped for Burma link
* The legal age for buying cigarettes will rise from 16 to 18 year from tomorrow
* Petrol prices could reach a £1-a-gallon if fuel duty is raised tomorrow
* BP has launched a search for a new chairman
* Brian Quinn, chairman of Celtic, warns that the football clubs takeover bubble 'is about to burst'
* Internet fraudsters are stealing good worth about £595 million-a-year from retailers, according to new research.