The following are the main stories in Monday’s newspapers.

Times of Malta says that according to official statistics, more than 100,000 cars that crossed to Gozo from Ċirkewwa over the past eight years never went back to Malta. In another story, it says Prime Minister Joseph Muscat promised a Budget that gives rather than takes.

The Malta Independent says an appeal against the db City Project will go ahead after NGOs raised €20,000 for the purpose.

Finance Minister Edward Scicluna tells l-Orizzont that social benefits will remain a priority in next year’s Budget.

In-Nazzjon leads with Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia’s political speech on Sunday during which he said a PN government would guarantee that all Maltese and Gozitans would have a roof over their heads.