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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Rachel Reeves: It is ‘incredibly tough’ for families
Rachel Reeves, shadow work and pensions secretary, tells Channel 4 News that even though unemployment has dropped, a “cost of living crisis” remains and things are “incredibly tough” for families.
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George Osborne warns the EU to ‘reform or decline’
George Osborne emphasises Tory determination to reform the European Union, saying Europe is at risk of falling behind Asia’s economic titans.
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UK inflation hits 2 per cent target
Consumer prices inflation drops to 2 per cent for the first time in over four years, in line with the government’s target. But Labour says the “cost-of-living crisis” has not gone away.
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France’s first lady ‘ready to forgive’ Hollande over affair
France’s first lady is getting ready to leave hospital and is reportedly “ready to forgive” Francois Hollande over an alleged affair with an actress. But will the French public be so easily pacified?
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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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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.
