Search results for ‘public service cuts’
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Nick Clegg: Osborne’s cuts to welfare a ‘monumental mistake’
Nick Clegg criticises George Osborne’s plans to fix the British economy with deep cuts to the welfare budget, saying the chancellor is heaping the burden on those with the “narrowest shoulders”.
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Power cuts and flooding: UK battered by stong winds
Heavy rain and gale-force winds batter the UK as thousands of people recover from flooding and power disruption to their homes.
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Irish students take to the streets to protest against cuts
Austerity kids: young people in Ireland are demonstrating against education cuts and rising student fees. One student on the march tells Channel 4 News about the “mental strain” of having no money.
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Public loos flushed out by spending cuts
Unison says government cuts are hitting public toilet provision. #c4newspopup has come to Fowey, Cornwall, where the issue is particularly – ahem – desperate…
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High court throws out Lewisham hospital cuts plan
Plans by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to axe casualty and maternity services at Lewisham hospital in south east London are thrown out by a high court judge who deems them “unlawful”.
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Boris bluster can’t hide reality of police cuts
Boris Johnson has promised to “keep police numbers high” in the capital. But FactCheck discovers that officer strength is really at a five-year low.
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Domestic violence cuts threaten services
One in five domestic violence centres has cut services in the last year due to funding problems – despite many refuges already having to turn women away because they are full, Channel 4 News learns.
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FactCheck: the final word on police cuts
The effect of all this is to artificially make it look like there has been a real increase in neighbourhood policing.
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Army cuts: what is the real impact?
The government is under fire today for a 20 per cent cut to the armed forces, but Iraq hero Tim Collins says the “best has been done with a bad situation”.
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FactCheck: Back to the front line as police cuts bite
“The Met’s budget shortfall accounts for the lion’s share of a £302m gap nationally. It’s not clear where the money will come from and more job losses can’t be ruled out.”
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HMIC: Police budget shortfall will mean job cuts
A report by Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary says three police forces may not be able to provide a sufficiently effective service and warns of more job cuts as forces chase savings.
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Counting the cost of PFI in the national health service
With an NHS trust in danger of going bust, Channel 4 News looks at how many other hospitals are struggling to cope with the debts they have to repay under the private finance initiative.
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Public satisfaction with NHS falls dramatically
People are significantly less happy with the way the NHS is being run than they were a year ago as the spending squeeze tightens, according to a new poll.
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Job cuts limit the benefits of purge on lost tax
The UK’s tax-collecting service is praised by MPs for recovering billions of pounds in lost revenue – but it could have been considerably more if it had not shed so many jobs.
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Police officers turn on Theresa May over cuts
The Home Secretary is heckled as she addresses the Police Federation. Officers wave placards declaring “enough is enough” in protest at funding cuts.