These are the leading stories in today's local newspapers.

The Sunday Times of Malta reveals that the Labour Party statute is not in line with a party financing law its own MPs pushed to introduce. 

The Malta Independent on Sunday leads with results of a survey that show that younger respondents are feeling increasingly alienated from mainstream politics. Education Minister Evarist Bartolo is considered to be the government's best-performing minister. 

Malta Today follows the story regarding claims that police released footballer Daniel Bogdanovich following ministerial pressure. The paper accuses a police assistant commissioner of having called Gozo police to urge them to release the Xewkija Tigers player. 

It-Torca leads with a story claiming that Eurostat figures show that thousands of children were lifted out of poverty last year. 

Il-Mument interviews the man who blew the whistle on alleged bribery in the issuing of medical visas, with the man saying he has received threats about the wellbeing of his children. 

Illum quotes Planning parliamentary secretary Deborah Schembri as saying that she will not sign off on a Paceville masterplan until it has been properly scrutinised.