INFORMING BRITAIN PRESS PREVIEW: WEDNESDAY 30 JULY 2025 | TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY AT INFORMING BRITAIN

Welcome to your official rundown of headlines on a selection of Newspapers' Front Pages for Wednesday 30 July 2025.

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This is a selection of newspaper publications from United Kingdom, it may not be all of the Front Pages.

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Here are tonight's Page 1 previews.

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The Daily Telegraph: "STARMER 'REWARDING HAMAS ON PALESTINE'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ben Riley Smith / Dominic Penna / Amy Gibbons

The United States and Israel accused Sir Keir Starmer of rewarding Hamas after he announced a plan to recognise Palestine as a state.

FULL REPORT: Telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/07/29/us-joins-israel-accusing-starmer-rewarding-hamas

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Glasgow Times: "MUM AND BABY APPEAR AT HOMELESS SHELTER NEEDING HELP"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Stewart Paterson

A mother with her months-old baby had to seek help at a charity-run homeless shelter in Glasgow this week.
The young woman turned up at the Homeless Project Scotland shelter in Merchant City with another child in her pram.

FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/25350832.mother-baby-turned-homeless-shelter-glasgow

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​Daily Express: "BANK WARNED TO CUT RATES TWICE TO BOOST ECONOMY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Martyn Brown

Interest Rates should be cut twice more this year to help Britain's sluggish economy, IMF chiefs have insisted. 

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Lancashire Telegraph: "'WE DESERVE TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT STEVIE'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Liam Milton

Plea from a family of a man who died in Police Custody. 
The family of a man who died in Police Custody have made a 'heartfelt appeal to the public' to come forward if they saw Stevie Brown in the hours before his death.

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Metro (South Edition): "'LABOUR'S LOW BLOW'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Craig Munro

Reform Party UK leader demands an apology for rival's remarks he says are "absolutely disgusting".
Nigel Farage has demanded a Cabinet Minister apologises for accusing him of siding with Sex Offenders such as the late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile. 

FULL REPORT: Metro.co.uk/2025/07/29/tech-secretary-suggests-nigel-farage-side-jimmy-savile-online-law-23777924

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The Independent: "STARMER TELLS ISRAEL UK WILL RECOGNISE PALESTINIAN STATE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: David Maddox / Maroosha Muzaffar / Steffie Banatvala / Kate Devlin

UK Prime Minister reaffirms the government's long-standing position to recognise a Palestinian State as part of a two-state solution.
Sir Keir Starmer has said the United Kingdom will recognise Palestine before the United Nations General Assembly in September unless Israel ends the "appalling situation" in Gaza. 

FULL REPORT: Independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/gaza-palestine-starmer-cabinet-meeting-trump-israel-latest-updates-b2798167.html

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Wirral Globe: "TRIBUTES AFTER IBIZA TRAGEDY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Rebecca McGrath

A Wirral man who passed away while on holiday in Ibiza has been described as a "kind-hearted soul" in a tribute from his family.
Stan-Lee Connor, 20, from Birkenhead, died on 3 July 2025, after he had been on a night out with friends while staying on the Spanish island.

FULL REPORT: WirralGlobe.co.uk/news/25339591.family-seeking-answers-tragic-death-wirral-man-ibiza

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Financial Times: "REEVES' IMPATIENCE FOR FULL REVOLUT APPROVAL TRIGGERS CLASH WITH BAILEY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Paul Murphy / George Parker / Laith Al-Khalaf / Ashley Armstrong / Caroline Binham

Bank Of England's Andrew Bailey intervened to stop a meeting that Rachel Reeves tried to secure.

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The Yorkshire Post: "ONE IN FIVE PUPILS FAIL TO GET KEY CANCER JAB"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ralph Blackburn

More and more children are leaving school in Yorkshire without getting an important Cancer Vaccine.
Experts say is due to vaccine hesitancy and fatigue from CoronaVirus Pandemic.

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Morning Star: "PROTESTERS PUT DITHERING PM TO SHAME"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Berny Torre / Ceren Sagir

Hundreds of activists held a "pots and pans" protest outside the emergency Cabinet Meeting in Downing Street as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced that Britain would recognise a Palestinian state, unless Israel meets certain conditions.
 
FULL REPORT: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/hundreds-hold-pots-and-pans-protest-against-gaza-genocide-outside-downing-street

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The National: "PALESTINIAN STATE PLAN 'AN INSULT'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Hamish Morrison

Keir Starmer has bowed to pressure and has pledged to recognise State Of Palestine in September.
The United Kingdom Prime Minister told an emergency Cabinet Meeting that Britain would follow France's lead.

FULL REPORT: TheNational.Scot/news/25350702.keir-starmer-commits-recognising-palestinian-state-pressure

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The Guardian: "UK TO RECOGNISE STATE OF PALESTINE UNLESS ISRAEL COMMITS TO CEASEFIRE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Pippa Crerar

The United Kingdom will formally recognise the state of Palestine this September as a result of the "increasingly intolerable" situation on the ground in Gaza, unless Israel abides by a ceasefire and commits to a two-state solution in the Middle East.

FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/politics/2025/jul/29/uk-to-recognise-state-of-palestine-in-september-unless-israel-holds-to-a-ceasefire

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The Bolton News: "SEX OFFENDERS 'NEED LONGER JAIL SENTENCES'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Liam Milton

The Court Of Appeal has been told that recently-convicted Sex Offenders from Blackrod should have their sentences increased.
Nine men were jailed for their participation in performing Sex Abuse on a teenage girl.

FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/national/25350296.nine-men-abused-girl-sentences-increased-court-appeal-told

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Daily Record: "DRAM YANKEE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Chris McCall

John Swinney has urged Donald Trump to roll back tariffs on Scotch Whisky as they met over breakfast.
The Scottish First Minister of Scotland spent an hour with the American President from United States.

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The Times: "ISRAEL BLASTS STARMER OVER RECOGNITION OF PALESTINE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Steven Swinford / Richard Spencer / Chris Smyth 

Sir Keir Starmer has announced that Britain will join France in formally recognising Palestine State unless Israel takes action to end the "appalling" situation in Gaza.

FULL REPORT: TheTimes.com/uk/politics/article/keir-starmer-uk-recognise-palestine-tf59wpv3f

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Daily Mail: "STARMER'S 'REWARD FOR HAMAS'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jason Groves 

Israel has accused Keir Starmer of rewarding Hamas's 'monstrous terrorism' after he bowed to Labour pressure to recognise a Palestinian state.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14952423

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Scottish Daily Mail: "STARMER'S 'REWARD FOR HAMAS'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jason Groves 

Israel has accused Keir Starmer of rewarding Hamas's 'monstrous terrorism' after he bowed to Labour pressure to recognise a Palestinian state.

FULL REPORT: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-14952423