Jackie Long
What if people can’t – or won’t – pay council tax?
It’s hard not to avoid a subtext in the government’s new council tax support scheme, that it’s part of a move to encourage – or push – people back into work.
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Autumn statement 2013: you be the chancellor
What bright ideas would light up the UK economy for you? George Osborne has set out his plan for economic recovery, but Channel 4 News wanted to find out what people on the street would like to see.
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Britain’s Niqab – a woman’s right?
Britain’s Niqab is a series of special Channel 4 News programmes looking at the controversies surrounding the wearing of the Niqab in modern Britain.
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Low pay Britain: one in five Brits earning below living wage
Despite some sectors embracing the so called living wage to tackle poverty in the UK, Channel 4 News finds that some workers are still being left behind.
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Inside Syria: Channel 4 News reports from a bloody civil war
Explore the map and click to watch key Channel 4 News reports from Syria’s war.
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One Direction fans vent anger over Channel 4 documentary
An army of One Direction fans, or “directioners”, takes to social media to voice their anger, at times aggressively, over a Channel 4 documentary that exposed the more extreme side of their fandom.
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Google: we do not run a general snooping programme
Exclusive: Google’s chief legal officer tells Channel 4 News his company has written to the US attorney general to be able to provide more detail about court orders requiring it to release user data.
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Chinese pupils prepare for ‘world’s toughest exam’
Forget the 11-plus or the A-level – Chinese school leavers have “Gaokao fever” as they sit the country’s notorious two-day exams.
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Pensions minister: reforms not a Ukip reaction
Pensions minister Steve Webb tells Channel 4 News reforms announced on Monday, which will deny pensions to thousands who have “never set foot in this country”, are not a reaction to Ukip successes.
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Osborne hits back at critics of benefits reform
George Osborne launches a vehement defence of the coalition’s benefits shake-up, insisting Britain can no longer afford to reward people who do the “wrong thing”.
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Baby boom triggers school places crisis
Tens of thousands of extra school places are needed in England, despite more than 80,000 extra primary spaces created in the past two years.
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‘Extremely poor’ Work Programme slammed by MPs
First official figures showed the Work Programme got 3.5 per cent into long-term jobs. Now a report finds the scheme is not helping those who need it most and criticises DWP for lack of transparency.
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Disability testing system causes ‘misery and hardship’
The government’s disability testing system is criticised for making wrong decisions, causing “misery and hardship” to benefits claimants at a “considerable cost” to the taxpayer.
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Work Programme figures prove Emma Harrison wrong
“All your numbers are wrong,” former A4e boss Emma Harrison told Channel 4 News after leaked figures showed the company found work for four in 100 people. But official figures contradict her claims.
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Abused children still ‘routinely disbelieved’, MPs warn
The child protection system in England requires a complete overhaul because it is failing vulnerable teenagers, an investigation by a group of MPs warns.
