INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: WEDNESDAY 01 OCTOBER 2025 | TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY AT INFORMING BRITAIN

Welcome to your official rundown of headlines on a selection of Newspapers' Front Pages for Wednesday 01 October 2025.

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This is a selection of newspaper publications from United Kingdom, and around the world.

All papers are from within United Kingdom, unless otherwise stated.

If the leading story is available, links will be provided.
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​This page will be updated as the headlines come in.

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The Independent: "STARMER: WE'LL NEVER SURRENDER BRITAIN TO 'ENEMY' FARAGE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Maddox / Kate Devlin / Millie Cooke / Archie Mitchell

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has vowed Labour will never surrender Britain to Reform UK as he came out fighting to defend his Government's record and attack Nigel Farage’s fake patriotism.

FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/keir-starmer-labour-conference-speech-nigel-farage-reform-b2836675.html

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Glasgow Times: "STUDENTS 'LEFT WITH NOTHING'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Emily Moore

Furious students at a college have been left with nothing to show for a year's work after the education facility, in Glasgow, cancelled the course.
A class of adults at West College Scotland has been forced to walk away empty handed.

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Daily Express: "I CAN CLEAN UP THE ALMIGHTY MESS AS NEXT PM"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sam Lister

Kemi Badenoch insisted she is the only politician with the "backbone" to be honest with voters in an explosive attack on her opponents.
The Conservative leader warned Sir Keir Starmer’s "dangerous" Labour Party will leave an "almighty mess" after years of endless tax hikes.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/politics/2115421

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The Bolton News: "BRAVE ALFIE BACK IN CLASS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Leah Collins

A 'hero' five-year-old Alfie Ganley is back at his Hunger Hill school just months after recovering from Open Heart Surgery.

FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/25480564.st-bernards-rc-pupil-returns-school-heart-surgery

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The Scotsman: "REFORM AND SNP 'WANT BRITAIN TO FAIL' SAYS STARMER"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew Quinn

Sir Keir Starmer said both The SNP and Reform "actually want Britain to fail" during his Labour Party conference speech.
The Prime Minister grouped the Nationalists and right-wing party together as he spoke at the hall in Liverpool.

FULL REPORT: Scotsman.com/news/politics/keir-starmer-lumps-snp-in-with-reform-claiming-both-want-britain-to-fail-5340328

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Morning Star: "FLAGGING PM DOUBLES DOWN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew Murray

Flags, fiscal rules, and fighting Nigel Farage were front and centre as Sir Keir Starmer came out swinging to save his floundering leadership.
The Prime Minister used the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool to repeatedly pledge national renewal.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/starmer-pledges-renewal-without-change

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The Times Scotland: "FARAGE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN BRITAIN, SAYS STARMER"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Steven Swinford / Oliver Wright / Chris Smyth

Sir Keir Starmer accused Nigel Farage of being a "snake oil merchant" who did not like Britain as he sought to unite the Labour Party against a common enemy and end questions over his leadership.

FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/uk/politics/article/labour-party-conference-2025-latest-news-liverpool-pb5t5tj0r

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The Guardian: "'DECENCY OR DIVISION': BRITAIN FACES AN ERA-DEFINING CHOICE, SAYS PM"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Pippa Crerar / Eleni Courea

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has warned that Britain faces an era-defining choice between The Labour Party and the populist right, as he launched a scathing attack on Nigel Farage, saying the Reform UK leader neither "liked or believed in Britain".

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/politics/2025/sep/30/keir-starmer-conference-speech-sets-up-choice-between-labour-and-reform-uk

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​Scottish Daily Mail: "THE DAY LABOUR DRAGGED POLITICS INTO THE GUTTER"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Steven Swinford / Oliver Wright / Chris Smyth

Keir Starmer has been accused of 'descending into the gutter' after claiming Nigel Farage was an 'enemy' of Britain.
The Prime Minister triggered a bitter war of words when he used his speech at The Labour Party conference to repeatedly attack the Reform UK leader, questioning his patriotism just days after branding his immigration policies 'racist'.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-15150251

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City AM: "LONDON SINKS IN IPO LEAGUE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Simon Hunt 

​The pace with which London is losing its status as a global Financial Markets hub has been laid bare after the capital fell to as low as 23rd in a Global Ranking of IPO destinations.

FULL REPORT: CityAM.com/its-a-desert-out-there-london-sinks-to-23rd-in-ipo-venue-rankings

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Daily Star: "KEIR'S SNAKES AND LEADERS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Isobel Dickinson

PM Keir Starmer has hit out at Nigel Farage and Andy Burnham.
He said: "We can all see these snake oil merchants, on the right, on the left".

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Lancashire Telegraph: "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH SAYS BLACKBURN MP"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Shuiab Khan

Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain said he was forced to delete a picture of his newborn baby daughter posted on social media following 'vile racist abuse'.

FULL REPORT: LancashireTelegraph.co.uk/news/25504062.mps-defiant-response-following-vile-racism-hate

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The West Australian (Australia): "CRAY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Katina Curtis

Authorities have turned back 10 People Smuggling boats this year but secrecy surrounds how many were swapped on to better quality vessels.

FULL REPORT: TheWest.com.au/politics/federal-politics/sussan-ley-slams-unacceptable-rise-in-people-smuggling-ventures-amid-revelations-abf-is-buying-cray-boats--c-20186114

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The I Paper: "TWO-CHILD BENEFIT CAP WILL BE LIFTED IN REEVES BUDGET"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Arj Singh / Eleanor Langford / Richard Vaughan / Will Hazell

The Two-Child Benefit cap is set to be lifted at the Budget but will be accompanied by "tough" decisions such as tax rises or welfare reform to help pay for it, Sir Keir Starmer has indicated.

FULL REPORT: INews.co.uk/news/politics/two-child-benefit-cap-lifted-reevess-budget-3948683

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State Times (Jammu & Kashmir): "STRICTEST POSSIBLE ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST THOSE INSULTING SACRIFICES OF MARTYRS: LG"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Arj Singh / Eleanor Langford / Richard Vaughan / Will Hazell

"Those who speak the language of separatists and terrorists insult the sacrifices of our martyrs and hurt their soul and strictest possible action as per law of the land will be taken against such elements", Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Tuesday. 
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha warned that strict legal action will be taken against those who disrespect India's sovereignty and the sacrifices of J&K Police, Army, and CAPF martyrs.

FULL REPORT: StateTimes.IN/strictest-possible-action-will-be-taken-against-those-insulting-sacrifices-of-martyrs-lg

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​Wirral Globe: "£10BN SHIPBUILDING DEAL BOOSTS REGION"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jamie Bowman

Hundreds of skilled shipbuilding jobs in Merseyside will be supported over the coming years thanks to the Labour Party Government's historic £10 billion deal to export Type 26 frigates to Norway.

FULL REPORT: WirralGlobe.co.uk/news/25500945.huge-job-boost-cammell-laird-government-sign-10b-norway-deal

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The Daily Telegraph: "'I WON'T SURRENDER OUR FLAG'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ben Riley Smith

Labour will "never surrender" the country's flag, Sir Keir Starmer has declared in an appeal to working-class voters to turn away from Reform UK.
Speaking on the third day of The Labour Party conference in Liverpool, the Prime Minister pledged that the party would renew Britain "with the flag in our hands".
Facing flag-waving conference delegates and Cabinet members, he vowed to "unite the country".

FULL REPORT: Telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/09/30/starmer-labour-will-never-surrender-our-flag