INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: WEDNESDAY 05 NOVEMBER 2025 | TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY AT INFORMING BRITAIN

Welcome to your official rundown of headlines on a selection of Newspapers' Front Pages for Wednesday 05 November 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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City AM: "2P OR NOT 2P"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Mauricio Alencar

Rachel Reeves has refused to rule out hiking taxes on millions of Brits as she said everybody will have to "contribute" to fix the UK economy.

FULL REPORT: CityAM.com/rachel-reeves-hints-at-sweeping-tax-hikes-for-millions-of-brits

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Wexford People (Ireland): "HALLOWEEN HORROR IN TAGHMON AS YOUTHS RUN RIOT"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Pádraig Byrne

While tensions have been running high in Taghmon in the build-up to Halloween, with one woman stating that errant fireworks nearly set her house ablaze, there were chaotic scenes in the village on Friday night as masked youths vandalised cars and aimed fireworks at passing vehicles and people.

FULL REPORT: Independent.IE/regionals/wexford/wexford-district/car-destroyed-and-items-thrown-at-garda-car-as-masked-youths-cause-halloween-havoc-in-wexford-village/a1499307181.html

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The Daily Telegraph: "HEADS 'SHOULD ROLL OVER BBC BIAS'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Gordon Rayner / Daniel Martin / Henry Bodkin

The BBC is facing calls to sack their Director-General and other Senior Executives following accusations of "serious and systemic" editorial bias.
The Daily Telegraph has published revelations from a leaked dossier written by a whistleblower and sent to BBC board members that details numerous instances of apparent bias at the broadcaster.

FULL REPORT: Telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/11/04/bbc-doctored-trump-video-samir-shah-donald-white-house

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The Bolton News: "PLEA TO HELP THERAPY GROUP TO CHRISTMAS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Joe Harrigan

A Bolton Charity offering free therapy to anyone in need are appealing for public support to keep their doors open this Christmas and beyond.
The Simeon Centre Counselling Service provides help to around 100 people every month an Victoria Hall in the Town Centre of Knowsley.

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Daily Star: "REEVES GETS A ROCKET"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Will Stone

Wet lettuce 2.0 Rachel Reeves gave the first pre-Budget speech for 50 years - hinting at huge tax rises.
The Chancer Of The Exchequer blamed Liz Truss, the pandemic... next it'll be Guy Fawkes.

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New Ross Standard (Ireland): "WOMAN WHO FAKED HER OWN DEATH IS JAILED"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Natasha Reid / Eimear Dodd

A woman who faked her own death in a "deliberate scheme" to avoid a Circuit Criminal Court trial has been jailed for three years.
Amy McAuley had been due to stand trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in January 2023 on theft and attempted deception charges, after she used altered documents to take out a €10,000 loan from KBC Bank.

FULL REPORT: Independent.IE/irish-news/courts/woman-who-faked-her-own-death-to-avoid-theft-and-deception-trial-is-jailed-for-three-years/a1947357292.html

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Daily Express: "REEVES IS JUST 'BLAMING EVERYONE ELSE FOR CHAOS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Martyn Brown / Christian Calgie

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said the country "watched in horror" as Rachel Reeves sought to blame everyone else for her Budget tax raid.

FULL REPORT: Express.co.uk/news/politics/2129728

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The Yorkshire Post: "DEVOLUTION CITY LINKS 'COULD PULL IN BILLIONS'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Kit Sandeman

Hundreds of thousands of people in Yorkshire could be better connected to their nearest City Centre – generating billions in revenue for the economy – if regional Mayors take full advantage of new devolved powers, a study has found.

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Daily Mail: "LABOUR DUMBS DOWN SCHOOLS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Eleanor Harding

Ministers of The Labour Party were accused of educational vandalism after tearing up the school curriculum.

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Enniscorthy Guardian (Ireland): "PLANNING PERMISSION FOR ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE IS REFUSED"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Rachel Cahill

A planning application for the construction of an Islamic Cultural Centre in Enniscorthy, which received a large number of objections by the community, has been refused permission by Wexford County Council.

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Lancashire Telegraph: "THUG KICKED AND STAMPED ON PARTNER"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jack Stott

A Blackburn thug who smashed the windows to his mother's house and also attacked his girlfriend, brutally beating her to the ground, has been jailed.
James McInerney of Park Lee Road appeared before Preston Crown Court. 

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Glasgow Times: "MAN SENTENCED FOR CAUSING EVACUATION"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Grant McCabe

A man considered making potentially deadly "booby traps" after a series of thefts at his home.
Shazad Khan, 52, sparked a large-scale evacuation of his street in Glasgow's West End after suspicious items were found in his four-bedroom flat.

FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/25596047.cops-evacuated-glasgow-street-royal-mail-intercepted-parcel

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Morning Star: "REEVES TOLD TO TAX THE RICH NOT THE POOR AT BUDGET"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew Murray

Tax the rich and the banks, The Labour Party movement told Rachel Reeves as the Chancellor prepared the ground for Budget tax rises, possibly in breach of Labour’s manifesto commitments.

FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/tax-rich-not-workers-unions-tell-reeves

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The Independent: "REEVES PUTS BRITAIN ON NOTICE OF BUDGET INCOME TAX RISES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Millie Cooke
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Rachel Reeves has put the country on notice that sweeping tax rises are coming in her Budget, warning "we will all have to contribute" to building a new future for Britain.

FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-tax-rises-budget-b2858120.html

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Wirral Globe: "GUILTY OF MURDER"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Craig Manning

A man and a woman have been found guilty of murdering their baby last November.
Klevi Pirjani and Nivalda Santos of Percy Road in Seacombe were charged with murder and causing, or allowing, the death of a child.

FULL REPORT: WirralGlobe.co.uk/news/25582003.wirral-parents-guilty-murder-baby-boy