INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: FRIDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2025 - TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY | INFORMING BRITAIN PAPERS

Welcome to your rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' Front Pages for Friday 14 February 2025.
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This is a selection of newspaper publications from Britain, it may not be all of the Front Pages.

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Scottish Daily Mail: "REEVES UNDER PRESSURE TO 'COME CLEAN ON EXPENSES'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jason Groves

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is under pressure to 'come clean' amid claims she was investigated for fiddling her expenses.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14395569

Daily Mail: "REEVES UNDER PRESSURE TO 'COME CLEAN ON EXPENSES'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jason Groves

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is under pressure to 'come clean' amid claims she was investigated for fiddling her expenses.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14395569

Daily Record: "SALMOND'S WIDOW & ALLY IN PHONE FALLOUT"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Paul Hutcheon

Alex Salmond's widow and his closest political ally fell out over the return of his phone after his death.
A rift has formed between Moira Salmond and Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh.

​The Times: "US MAY PROVIDE AIR COVER TO PROTECT UKRAINE PEACE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Larisa Brown / Bruno Waterfield / Oliver Wright / Adrian Phillips

Foreign Secretary urges Europe to keep calm over Donald Trump's talks with Vladimir Putin.

​Daily Mirror: "KING'S TRIP TO CHARM TRUMP"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Russell Myers

King Charles to be drafted in on 'charm offensive' United States trip to smooth relations with President Donald Trump.

FULL REPORT: Mirror.co.uk/news/royals/king-charles-drafted-charm-offensive-34676196

The Daily Telegraph: "'2.5PC ON DEFENCE WON'T TOUCH THE SIDES'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Danielle Sheridan

Military chiefs have warned Sir Keir Starmer that Government's defence spending plans "won’t touch the sides".

FULL REPORT: Telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/13/starmer-told-his-defence-spending-plans-wont-touch-the-side

The Yorkshire Post: "1.4M HOMES WITH PLANNING PERMISSION YET TO BE BUILT"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ralph Blackburn

Almost half of homes with planning permission in Yorkshire and The Humber never get built.
46 per cent of permitted houses have never been constructed.

Lancashire Telegraph: "CHILD ABUSE PICTURES HAUL OF PERVERT, 62"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jack Stott

An Accrington man who owned more than 60,000 explicit images of children has been jailed.
Mark Threlfall to serve 15 months.
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FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk/news/24930665.accrington-man-owned-60-000-explicit-images-jailed

​The Independent: "REEVES ROCKED BY EXPENSES AND NEW INFLATED CV CLAIMS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Archie Mitchell / Millie Cooke

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is under mounting pressure over allegations she used company expenses in a former job to buy handbags, perfume, earrings and wine for colleagues, and exaggerated her Bank Of England experience on her CV.

FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-cv-bank-england-labour-chancellor-b2697551.html

Morning Star: "HANDS OF OUR PROTEST RIGHTS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew Murray

Hundreds protest at Westminster Magistrates Court as multiple activists attend their court date.
Hundreds rallied outside Westminster Magistrates Court to demand UK Government stop criminalising protests.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/we-have-got-to-uphold-the-right-to-protest

The Bolton News: "COUNCIL TAX RISE SET AMID £7.8M OF BUDGET CUTS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Harrigan

Bolton Council has narrowly passed their budget for the year ahead setting out a tax rise and cuts of £7.8m - but also new investments.

FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/24931665.bolton-council-passes-budget-year-ahead-close-vote

Daily Star: "CHANCELLOR'S PINOCCHIO CV IN FULL.."
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: James Caven

Chancellor Rachel Reeves' online CV exaggerated how long she'd spent working at the Bank Of England.
Ooopsie! 

​Daily Express: "END THE WAR BUT DON'T LET PUTIN WIN THE PEACE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jon Walker

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has begged the world not to sell out Ukraine to the Russians.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/politics/2014186