TOMORROW'S PAPERS TODAY: WEDNESDAY 26 JUNE 2024 | INFORMING BRITAIN PAPERS

Welcome to your rundown of headlines on a selection of British Newspapers' front pages for Wednesday 26 June 2024.

​This page will be updated as the previews come in.

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THE SCOTSMAN: "New Builds Plummet To Ten Year Low Amid Housing Crisis"
David Bol leads the front page.

SNP ministers have been accused of fuelling Scotland’s “devastating housing emergency” after the number of new constructions started last year dropped to the lowest level in a decade, with progress stalling to a worse level than the pandemic.

FULL STORY: Scotsman.com/news/politics/why-scottish-housebuilding-has-plummeted-to-ten-year-low-and-is-slower-than-during-covid-4679302

DAILY MAIL: "Keir: Mail Readers Were Right About Labour In 2019... I Vow We Have Changed"
Jason Groves leads the front page.

Daily Mail readers were right to reject Labour in 2019, Sir Keir Starmer said last night.

FULL STORY: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-13569289/Keir-Starmer-admits-Mail-readers-RIGHT-Labour-2019.html

DAILY MAIL: "Starmer: Mail Readers Were Right About Labour In 2019... That's Why We've Changed"
Jason Groves leads the front page.

Daily Mail readers were right to reject Labour in 2019, Sir Keir Starmer said last night.

FULL STORY: DailyMail.co.uk/news/article-13569289/Keir-Starmer-admits-Mail-readers-RIGHT-Labour-2019.html

THE NATIONAL: "Jack Claims To Have Won £2K With Election Date Bets"
Scotland Secretary Alister Jack has denied breaking any watchdog rules after reportedly telling the BBC he bet on the date of the election.
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FULL STORY: TheNational.Scot/news/national/24411643.cabinet-minister-claimed-won-2-000-betting-election-date

​THE JOURNAL: "AI Test Could Help Cut Sewage Spills"
Daniel Hall leads the front page.

Northumbrian Water launch 'smart sewers' with aim of reducing storm overflow spills.

FULL STORY: ChronicleLive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/northumbrian-water-smart-sewers-technology-29420747

CITY AM: "Fintech Firms Sound Alarm On Fraud Rules"
Lars Mucklejohn leads the front page.

New fraud refund rules 'detrimental to Fintechs'.
New rules that will force lenders to refund victims of Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud risk clipping the Fintech Sector.

FULL STORY: CityAM.com/uk-payment-firms-urge-regulator-to-delay-controversial-fraud-refund-rules

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: "Cabinet Minister Claimed He Won £2K On Election Bet"
Nick Gutteridge leads the front page.

A Cabinet Minister claimed he won £2,100 betting on the date of General Election.

FULL STORY: Telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/06/25/general-election-live-sunak-starmer-farage

DAILY RECORD: "Top Scot Tory's £2K Poll Flutter"
Peter Davidson leads the front page.

Scots Tory Alister Jack has claimed he made £2,100 betting on General Election.

FULL STORY: DailyRecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scottish-secretary-alister-jack-won-33107050

OXFORD MAIL: "Cancer Was 'Missed By The Doctors'"
Lucy Williams leads the front page.

An Oxford mother and grandmother has described how her daughter's Pancreatic Cancer was "missed by doctors" despite the family's awareness of the disease. 
Oxford mum's cancer concerns 'not listened to' before death

FULL STORY: OxfordMail.co.uk/news/24408190.month-of-twos-cancer-concerns-not-listened-death

​FINANCIAL TIMES: "Labour Dragged Into Betting Scandal After Candidate Backs Himself To Lose"
Jim Pickard / George Parker / Robert Wright lead the front page.

The Labour Party has suspended a candidate who bet he would lose in his bid to become a Member Of Parliament in the next General Election.
The Gambling Commission probe into political betting widened.

FULL STORY: FT.COM/content/b533f886-54da-41d2-8ed7-855bc56d389d

THE YORKSHIRE POST: Date Bets Scandal Tories Are Dropped"
Mason Boycott-Owen leads the front page.

The Conservatives have dropped support for two candidates as part of the betting scandal investigated by The Gambling Commission. 

FULL STORY: YorkshirePost.co.uk/news/politics/michael-gove-tory-betting-scandal-is-like-partygate-for-voters-4676290

MORNING STAR: "Free At Last"
Elizabeth Short leads the front page.

Julian Assange's release from prison was hailed a victory for press freedom.

FULL STORY: MorningStarOnline.co.uk/article/assanges-release-hailed-victory-journalism-and-press-freedom

METRO (ENGLAND): "Freed Assange Is Owing Home"
Gergana Krasteva leads the front page.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces repaying Australian Government.

FULL STORY: METRO.CO.UK/2024/06/25/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-freed-london-jail-us-plea-deal-21097179