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House of cards, as Clinton Cards goes into administration
In another blow to the British High Street – the embattled greetings card chain Clinton is being forced into administration, putting eight thousand jobs at risk.
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FactCheck: The legal risks of Cameron’s alcohol strategy
couple of days after the budget, with rows raging about the “granny tax” and George Osborne’s decision to help the super-rich by cutting the 50p rate, the PM had what seemed like a smart idea. Number 10 decided to bring forward plans to increase the price of cheap alcohol, to tackle binge drinking and what David Cameron called “the mayhem on our streets”. According to Mr Cameron cheap booze is causing a “scourge of violence” – a million violent crimes and more than a million hospital admissions each year. Setting a minimum unit price (MUP) would, he promised, provide “a big part of the answer”. But I’ve found out that just four days before he made his announcement, he’d been warned by one of his own ministers that the policy could well be illegal. Was the PM right to go ahead or should he have listened to his colleague?
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Gain not pain: the end of austerity politics?
From Greece to France, from Britain to Italy, the message seems clear. Voters have had enough of the politics of austerity, enough of economic pain. But is there a realistic alternative?
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European crisis: where do we go from here?
With voters in Greece, France and Italy using elections to reject austerity, Channel 4 News looks at what happens next and whether a break-up of the eurozone is now on the cards.
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Greek voters reject coalition’s austerity plans
Greece’s two main parties – PASOK and New Democracy – were expected to incur huge losses when polls closed Sunday night as their popularity plunges to lows not seen since the 1974.
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Wet weather clouds London 2012’s horizon
As the Olympic Park hosts a series of events designed to stretch its systems ahead of London 2012, Keme Nzerem concludes that the prospect of a wet summer appears to be the organisers’ main concern.
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FactCheck Q&A: Minimum wage v Living Wage
Iain Duncan Smith may have said he wants to make work pay, but the department for work and pensions has been written to by its own cleaners who say they aren’t paid enough to live on. FactCheck looks at their demands for a “living wage”.
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London Mayor election: FactCheck round-up on Boris v Ken
There have been tears, laughter, and the odd stray F-word. The London mayoral race has been high on emotion and more than usually bad-tempered. Boris Johnson has been slightly more careful with his facts, choosing to deal in aspirations rather than promises. Ken Livingstone has made some extravagant claims which have landed him in hot water. Here’s the verdict from FactCheck HQ on a very irritable election.
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Over 2,000 senior public officials on tax-reducing pay deals
An emergency review of the pay of senior public officials has found that over 2,000 benefit from arrangements allowing them to slash their personal tax bills.
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Is the IT sector guilty of ageism?
The UK’s IT sector is a growth industry, already employing one in 20 UK workers. IT employers say they face a skills shortage, but is this youthful industry being its own worst enemy?
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So it’s goodbye from Newt, eventually…
Newt Gingrich, the man who staged more comebacks than Lazarus on acid, is finally quitting the presidential race, although details are hazy. He’ll be missed – by political reporters, at least.
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Can Cameron still claim the ‘greenest government ever’?
As David Cameron heralds Britain’s leading role in the green energy movement, Channel 4 News hears from a disappointed sector that he is “deluded”, amid fears for the future of renewables.
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UK in recession: more cuts to come?
As the UK slides back into recession, does this mean the chancellor’s round of austerity measures will be extended yet again?
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Britain back in recession
Chancellor George Osborne tells Channel 4 News he does not ‘disguise or run away from’ the latest figures showing the UK is back in recession.
