Gary Gibbon
Government U-turns: positive or destructive?
The Coalition’s u-turns show they will listen to the public – or are they a sign of a Government being shoved off course, asks Gary Gibbon.
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Badger cull trials will take place to tackle bovine TB
The government says that despite ‘great strength of feeling’, trials will take place. A campaigner tells Channel 4 News: “People are emotive about it. It’s fox hunting times five.”
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Crackdown on infectious plant imports
Rules on plant and timber imports to the UK are to be tightened in an attempt to rid the country of alien diseases that have already killed millions of trees.
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Queen to lose out in shake up of Europe’s farm payouts?
Changes to Europe’s farm handouts could hit big landowners like the Queen. But critics say it is a massive missed opportunity to abandon the subsidy culture for good.
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Boundary changes: winners and losers
The Boundary Commission for England’s recommendations for the redrawing of constituencies have thrown up several surprises. We look at some of the winners and the losers.
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Badger cull green-lit in bid to beat bovine TB
The Government has green-lit a cull of badgers to tackle rising TB rates in cattle. Channel 4 News has spoken to a farmer and a conservationist about whether culling is the best approach.
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Why did Cameron crack the whip over circus animals?
FactCheck returns to the debate over banning the use of wild animals in circuses – and why the Prime Minister has taken such a stand on the issue.
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Are new bin collection plans a waste of time?
As the Government confirms councils in England will not be forced to reintroduce weekly rubbish collections, environmental campaigners say regulation is needed to reduce waste going into our bins.
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Government ‘abandons’ plans for weekly rubbish collection
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles appears to have scrapped plans to force councils to reinstate weekly rubbish collections, the government waste review is expected to announce.
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Driest spring on record triggers drought alert
As a state of drought is officially declared in some parts of England, one farmer tells Channel 4 News he has already had restrictions placed on him and that his crops are “desperate for rain”.
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A happy anniversary for the Coalition?
This time last year we were all still wondering what kind of relationship we were about to get? David and Nick? Nick and Gordon? Nick and David Miliband? Were they just political dating? Moving in together? Or getting married? A year on David Cameron is the dominant partner, Nick Clegg has gone from most eligible bachelor to public hate figure. And Ed Miliband is still there trying to tempt him to leave the relationship and move in with Labour. So let’s start the couples therapy with David Cameron.
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Gary Gibbon
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Delay of forest sale is ‘not a U-turn’ say campaigners
The planned sale of some of England’s publicly owned forests is being put on hold – but campaigners say it is not the climbdown they are looking for.
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Forests sell-off: ‘We want to protect them’
The “primary reason” for the sell-off of large parts of England’s public forests is to ensure they have better protection in future, the Environment Secretary tells Channel 4 News.
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English forests to be leased out
Around 18 per cent of England’s publicly-owned forests – which the Government had planned to sell into private hands – are to be offered on 150-year leases.
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Mind your coalition language
I caused a minor stir with some viewers on Sunday night’s programme when I threw in a reference to the “Conservative-led coalition” prompting a brief debate on twitter which, unusually, has changed my mind about the use of the phrase .
