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  • 11 Jan 2011
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    The claim “…the deficit is…not high by either historical or contemporary standards” Len McCluskey elected head of Unite, The Guardian, December 19, 2010. “Of course there’s a deficit – we’re not deficit deniers.… the figures you’ve got are clearly not the figures that I’ve got” Len McCluskey, Radio 4’s Today programme, January 11, 2011. The…

  • 6 Jan 2011
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    The claim “My concern is that a great deceit designed to damage Labour has led to profoundly misguided and dangerous economic decisions that I fear will cause deep damage to Britain’s future. What is this deceit? It is that the deficit was caused by chronic overspending rather than a global financial crisis that resulted in…

  • 5 Jan 2011
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    The claim “If you look at the effect (of VAT) as compared with people’s income then, yes, it is regressive” Prime Minister David Cameron, PM Direct, 5th January, 2011 Cathy Newman checks it out It would appear the Prime Minister spent last night reading FactCheck – which yesterday looked into his Chancellor’s claim that VAT…

  • 4 Jan 2011
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    “If you look at the population and how much they spend, then VAT is progressive…Income tax and National Insurance would have a more damaging impact on poorer people in our society and it’s worth remembering that in the Budget I took substantial means to reduce the NI burden” Chancellor George Osborne MP, BBC Radio 4’s Today programme January 4, 2011

  • 21 Dec 2010

    As Gatwick doubles its “snow fleet” to battle the big freeze, Channel 4 News discovers Heathrow reduced its snow defence budget by two-thirds despite forecasting record passenger numbers.

  • 20 Dec 2010

    Britain’s economy could be drained of more than £1bn a day as freezing temperatures persist and more snow falls, leaving retailers counting the cost of the disruption.

  • 15 Dec 2010
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    The claim “We are not abolishing EMAs – we are replacing EMAs with something more effective.” David Cameron MP, Prime Minister’s Questions, December 15 2010

  • 14 Dec 2010
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    The claim “My understanding is that the 15 per cent figure – that was quoted by the Shadow Home Secretary – is wrong, and that it is an interpretation of the House of Commons library figures rather than the House of Commons library figure.” Home Secretary Theresa May MP, Select Committee, December 14, 2010

  • 19 Nov 2010

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to challenge a Swedish prosecutor’s “bizarre and exotic” request for an international arrest warrant, his lawyer tells Channel 4 News.

  • 18 Nov 2010

    A Chinese woman has been arrested on her wedding day and sentenced to a year in a labour camp for retweeting a message on Twitter that “disturbed social order”.

  • 17 Nov 2010

    The fanfare of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding is set to create a “bumper couple of years” for the economy alongside the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and London 2012, Channel 4 News finds.

  • 16 Nov 2010

    The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton could empty the Queen’s reserve funds ahead of her Diamond Jubilee in 2012, Channel 4 News discovers.

  • 10 Nov 2010

    Students attack the Conservative Party headquarters building and ignite a bonfire as the peaceful rally against a rise in tuition fees turns violent. Channel 4 News is at the protest.

  • 24 Oct 2010

    As charities face a £5bn cut in funding, the founder of The Big Issue tells Channel 4 News that charities must end their “terrible competition” for money, and work together.

  • 1 Oct 2010

    American Bob Dudley takes the reins at BP, flagging a return to dividends. Who Knows Who asks if Dudley, once chased from Russia by billionaire oligarchs, could be BP’s all-American hero.

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