Today's papers respond to the Queen's Speech.

Telegraph

"Part of the genius of Tony Blair is his ability to steal Tory clothes while remaining, underneath, an out-and-out state interventionist. So, even if the Queen's Speech parroted some of Mr Howard's 11 key words from the Tory election manifesto, beneath the busy veneer nothing much changes in the familiar way that New Labour runs the country: more and more government interference to less and less effect."

Independent

"The Queen's Speech turned out to be even more crammed with legislation than anticipated. Parliament was promised 45 new bills - a highly detailed agenda, and one, no doubt, intended to demonstrate that the prime minister remains very much in control. Despite this, a disappointing lack of ambition remains at the heart of Tony Blair's government."

FT

The paper's editorial sets out "what the Queen should have said":

"My Lords and members of the House of Commons, my government will remember at all times that wealth is created by the efforts of the private sector, which provides finance for public services. It will do all in its power to ensure that business prospers."

Guardian

"Labour's was by some way the most coherently plausible programme that was offered to the electorate on May 5. Both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats are already disassembling major elements of the plans they put to the voters two weeks ago, driven in both cases by the recognition that Labour, for all its faults and despite the limitations of its new mandate, is more in tune with the mood of the times than they are. Labour's programme, by contrast, is now moving seamlessly from manifesto pledges to parliamentary bills - yesterday's Queen's Speech contained some 40 of them, plus several other draft proposals."

Times

"Ministers must avoid becoming prisoners of the Whitehall machine. The capacity of officialdom to turn their departments into legislative factories is extraordinary. Much of this is, nevertheless, displacement activity. Some of the most important spheres of public life - such as school reform and the condition of the NHS - will not need many additional laws during the coming Parliament. This is an indication of relative policy success, not weakness. Yet another tranche of complicated and detailed laws from the Home Office, by contrast, makes the heart sink."

Mirror

"It is going to be a difficult 18 months for Tony Blair, his government and the party. But the prime minister cannot be accused of lacking fighting spirit. Or of the desire to leave Britain a better place."

Mail

"This Queen's Speech is full of good intentions. The pity is that Mr Blair didn't pursue them with determination when he had the chance. Now he must fight with the odds stacked against him, to secure a legacy as a reformer that could have once been his for the taking."