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‘Raise minimum wage’ – Labour’s new pledge
A Labour government will raise the level of the national minimum wage over the course of the next parliament to close the gap on average earnings, says Ed Miliband.
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Birmingham riot deaths: MP calls for public inquiry
The Birmingham MP Shabana Mahmood has written to the Home Secretary demanding a public inquiry into the deaths of three young men during the Summer riots of 2011.
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Riot deaths families ‘failed by the system they trusted’
A report into the police handling of the investigation into a triple murder during riots in Birmingham in 2011 finds the victims’ families “understandably feel failed by the system they trusted”.
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‘I expected justice. All I got was a slap in the face’
The hero of the 2011 summer riots, Tariq Jahan, tells Channel 4 News he has lost faith in the justice system, after an IPCC report into the police investigation into his son’s death.
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British jihadists: women urged to stop Brits going to Syria
Counter-terror police launch an unprecedented campaign to persuade British Muslim women to inform on family members planning to travel to Syria to fight.
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Gove criticised over ‘Islamist plot’ schools investigator
Senior police figures criticise Michael Gove’s “desperately unfortunate” decision to appoint a former anti-terror chief to investigate an alleged Islamist plot to take over 25 schools in Birmingham.
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Campaigners demand apology over ‘victim blaming’
Anti-domestic violence campaigners are demanding an apology from one of Britain’s best-selling regional newspapers over an article they say blames victims of domestic violence for their own abuse.
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Syria terror training suspect arrested at Gatwick Airport
A man has been arrested at Gatwick Airport on suspicion of training for terrorism in Syria, Scotland Yard says.
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Moazzam Begg arrested on terrorism charges
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg is one of four people arrested on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences. But police stress that confirming his name does not imply guilt.
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More bad weather on the way, have we learnt our lesson?
David Cameron defends the government’s handling of the flood crisis and says lessons need to be learned during a visit to storm-damaged parts of Britain.
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From Land’s End to Datchet – the UK storms where you are
Channel 4 News has travelled the width of the country to report on the UK floods and storms. Watch the video reports and see how the story of the terrible weather was told from your area.
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UK storm: Britain braced for more weather chaos
Thousands of properties are still without power and train lines suffer continued disruption. But as the weather looks set to worsen, some residents are complaining of being charged for sandbags.
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UK floods: Britain on red alert
Britain is hit with weather chaos, with the west of the UK experiencing winds of over 100mph and more heavy rain raising the risk of flooding. Police confirm the fatality of one man.
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Police ‘culture of disbelief’ over rape claims
Some 6,000 rapes of children and 10,000 rapes of adults were recorded by police forces in England and Wales in 2012-13. But figures show inconsistencies in the way different forces respond to rape.
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Twitter ‘not doing enough’ to tackle trolls – Stan Collymore
Ex-footballer Stan Collymore criticises Twitter for failing to combat racist and abusive tweets – hours after Olympian Beth Tweddle was the victim of a torrent of abuse during a Twitter Q&A.