Jonathan Rugman
French without tears at the Elysee Palace?
How Valerie Trierweiler responds to rumours of the French president’s affair, having been his mistress herself, could prove his biggest headache of all.
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Clegg: ‘Chinese style’ welfare reforms penalise young people
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg launches an assault on “Chinese-style” welfare reforms being floated by the Tories.
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Jonathan Rugman
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Gary Gibbon
Coalition hopes to get its kicks from minimum wage
On the minimum wage, the government is hoping to have something it will be able to point at that will allow it to say to voters that it is taking care of the less well paid.
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‘Demonised’ or ‘humane’? Row breaks out on Benefits Street
Benefits Street, a Channel 4 show looking at the lives of benefits claimants in Birmingham, triggers police investigations, a flood of complaints and a row over whether the participants were tricked.
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Khat producers left high and dry after UK ban
A UK ban on khat – widely used in the Somali community – comes into force in the next few months. But there is anger in Kenya, where thousands of farmers depend on exports of the herbal stimulant.
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Smile – 2014 is not as bad as you think
Back to work, the weather is still appalling and it is best not to even mention the cricket. But 2014 has potential, and here’s why.
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Cameron pledges to protect pension rise
In his first major pledge ahead of the 2015 general election, the prime minister appeals to older voters by promising a guaranteed rise in the state pension under a Conservative government.
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Bulgarians and Romanians head for… Italy and Spain
Well publicised fears that thousands of Bulgarians and Romanians will head to the UK are not backed up by the pattern of migration in the past.
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Shots fired at German embassy in Athens
Attackers fired upon the German embassy in Athens in the early hours of this morning in an apparent attempt to sour relations between Greece and its biggest bail-out creditor.
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Austerity kids: we are defending our civilization
As Italy’s anti-government Pitchfork Movement stage protest rallies across Italy, “Austerity Kid”, Agata Scionti, 26, tells Channel 4 News, that things are starting to change.
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Cameron defends economic record at PMQs
David Cameron faces questions from MPs for the last time this year, armed with good news on unemployment.
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Plastic cash and shorter dole queues – the British recovery?
As unemployment falls to 7.4 per cent, near the 7 per cent threshold the Bank of England governor said would lead to a cut in rates, Faisal Islam looks at the figures – and the new plastic banknotes.
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Ireland exits bailout: ‘biggest crisis since famine’
Ireland officially exits its strict bailout programme and re-enters money markets but the years of austerity budgets and unemployment are not over yet.
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Coalition’s benefit reforms are on track – Duncan Smith
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith rejects claims that the introduction of the government’s flagship universal credit reforms is in chaos.
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London’s biggest university bans student protests
Students protesting in an area at the centre of London’s student district could be imprisoned or fined, after the University of London obtains a court order banning protests on campus for six months.
