INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: FRIDAY 21 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 21 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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Morning Star: "WINDFALL TAX ON BIG BANKS COULD GIVE US £15 BILLION"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Berny Torre
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Rachel Reeves' decision to protect fat cat bankers has lost the public £15 billion — money that could have saved freezing pensioners and hundreds of thousands of children from going hungry.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/%E2%80%98bankers-are-rolling-cash-children-and-pensioners-live-poverty

Daily Record: "SAN UNITED"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Keith Jackson

Here's proof that Rangers' US takeover is serious - Paraag Marathe the man behind the deal taking a VIP seat. 

FULL REPORT: DailyRecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rangers-takeover-vip-given-ibrox-34719394

The Yorkshire Post: "PLAN FOR IMPROVED ACCESS TO DENTISTS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ralph Blackburn

Almost 80,000 additional urgent NHS dental appointments will be available in Yorkshire from April 2025.
Industry says it's not enough.

The Independent: "BULLY BOY TRUMP TRIES TO GAG ZELENSKY: TONE IT DOWN - TAKE MY DEAL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Alexander Butler

The United States has spent another day sending a barrage of insults at Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-trump-zelensky-dictator-putin-news-b2701322.html

Glasgow Times: "BIGGEST INCREASE IN COUNCIL TAX IN 'MORE THAN A DECADE'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Stewart Paterson

A Budget deal has been agreed between Scottish National Party and Scottish Greens in Glasgow that will see a Council Tax rise of 7.5%.

FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/24949596.biggest-council-tax-rise-years-glasgow-deal-agreed

Daily Star: "SCORCHIO.. WITH A BIT OF SNOW!"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: James Caven

Lucky gits living in the South will be parading around in their budgie smugglers while poor sods up North face a bit of snow.
How very, very British.

Daily Express: "'NO APOLOGY WILL EVER BRING OUR DAUGHTER BACK'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Chris Riches

The family of proud Army squaddie Jaysley Beck tell PM Keir Starmer "things need to change" to better protect the young and vulnerable in our Forces.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/uk/2017284

The National: "'THIS IS AN ACT OF SABOTAGE'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Laura Pollock

Scotch Whisky Industry slammed the UK Government after it unveiled plans for a legal definition of English single malt whisky.

FULL REPORT: TheNational.scot/news/24951139.scots-share-anger-english-single-malt-whisky-definition-change

Daily Mail: "DON'T LET BIG TECH STEAL UK'S CREATIVE GENIUS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andy Jehring / Paul Revoir

Senior figures from the worlds of music, media, and film backed a major new Daily Mail campaign to protect Britain's creative industries.

Financial Times: "WASHINGTON OPPOSES PHRASE 'RUSSIAN AGGRESSION' IN G7 UKRAINE STATEMENT"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Christopher Miller / Henry Foy

US delivers new snub to Kyiv.
Zelenskyy summit role in doubt.
Annual show of unity threatened.

FULL REPORT: FT.COM/content/73809e7a-a772-403a-8755-41a329d6a45d

The Guardian: "'DON'T BE FOOLED BY PUTIN': LAMMY WARNING AS UKRAINE TENSIONS RISE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Rowena Mason / Richard Partington

Don’t be fooled by Vladimir Putin's 'imperialism dressed up as realpolitik', David Lammy warns.

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/politics/2025/feb/20/dont-be-fooled-by-putins-imperialism-dressed-up-as-realpolitik-lammy-warns