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FactCheck: Tuition fees are up, but will uni places be cut too?
The claim “Filling a hole of half a billion pounds by cutting university places could mean over 30,000 fewer young people going to university.”
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Millions could receive PPI compensation
The High Court has ruled against the British Bankers’ Association’s challenge over new FSA regulations controlling the selling of payment protection insurance (PPI).
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Universities: ‘High fees can’t buy reputation’
A senior university academic tells Channel 4 News of the complexities of setting tuition fee levels in a competitive environment.
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Tuition fees and public image
Public image is a key consideration to aspiring universities. They tell Channel 4 News why tuition fees send a strong message about their relative position in the new market for higher education.
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Robbing Waltham Forest to pay Waverley? The New Homes Bonus, brick by brick
FactCheck has taken ministers to task before on local government funding. Are they robbing from the poor again in an effort to curb the housing crisis?
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‘Worse-off Wednesday’: tax changes come into force
The start of the new tax year has been dubbed “worse-off Wednesday”. One tax expert tells Channel 4 News many families will be worse-off in 2011 but not because of these changes.
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Oil shock: unrest in Saudi Arabia ‘worst case scenario’
As oil prices remain high in the face of unrest across the Middle East, a senior oil executive warns Channel 4 News violence in Saudi Arabia would be “as bad as it could be” for the world economy.
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Saif Gaddafi: Genius or fraud?
Colonel Gaddafi’s son Saif has called many things – often by fellow Libyans who want to kill him. But is he a fraud? FactCheck examines allegations of plagiarism surrounding the former LSE student’s PhD thesis.
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Another false start on Sure Start?
The Prime Minister got rather flustered today when the question of cuts to frontline services reared its ugly head in the Commons. FactCheck gets to work.
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Council staff volunteer for pay cuts
Council staff are opting for pay cuts to save their jobs as town halls implement the biggest budget reductions since the Second World War, writes Political Correspondent Cathy Newman.
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Clegg: Councils can cut spending without hitting services
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has defended cuts to local Government budgets by pointing to authorities that have protected services.
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Libya crisis: UN chief calls for ‘concrete action’
Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, has said it is “time for concrete action” to deal with the violence in Libya. See latest updates and video in our #c4news live blog.
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Libya: PM ‘sorry’ for evacuation delay as Britons head home
David Cameron apologises for the delay rescuing Brits stranded in Libya as Channel 4 News learns that the Government only placed a firm order for the charter flight on Wednesday morning.
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Barclays targeted by tax protesters
The Chancellor agrees that Barclays bank did not pay enough tax last year, as protesters target more than 40 Barclays branches across Britain.
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Zinc can relieve common cold symptoms
Zinc supplements can reduce the severity and duration of common cold symptoms, a study finds. But the editor-in-chief of the publication which reviewed the findings urges caution.