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Tonight at 7pm: 42,000 defence jobs to go as Britain’s armed forces are hit with 8 per cent cuts, the latest from massive pension protests in France and is it really bye bye Rooney?
The Harrier jet is to be retired after more than 40 years of service to the RAF and Navy, the government confirmed today in its announcement of defence spending cuts.
A surge in the number of female candidates in the running or the US mid term elections is changing the face of US politics, writes Washington correspondent Sarah Smith.
Tonight on Channel 4 News: how do you predict the future defence needs of the UK? And are George Osborne’s cuts a “huge gamble with growth and jobs”? Join the live blog chat or tweet us #c4news.
Inquests into the July 7 bombings hear calls between London Underground staff and the emergency services. Our Home Affairs Correspondent, Andy Davies, says they’ll play a key part in the hearings.
Ed Miliband appoints Alan Johnson as Shadow Chancellor – and Johnson tells Channel 4 News that Labour will oppose changes to child benefit and the erosion of “the precious principle of universality”.
A clash is looming between the government and unions over plans to reform public sector pensions. Report author Lord Hutton tells Channel 4 News: “There is change coming”.
Lt Mark Evison’s mother Margaret Evison explains to Channel 4 News that she wants Mark’s story to help British soldiers receive the vital equipment they need to fight in the Afghanistan war.
David Cameron tells the Conservative conference: there is no alternative to big spending cuts and it takes two to cut the deficit.
Exclusive: the mother of British officer Mark Evison killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan tells Channel 4 News she wants the world to see the video showing the moments leading up to her son’s death.
In his first speech as Labour leader, Ed Miliband contrasted his optimism with David Cameron’s supposed pessimism, labelled the Iraq war “wrong”, talked about shelf stackers’ wages, railed against infringements of civil liberties and said he came from a generation of school children who’d been taught in temporary classrooms. But did he get his facts right?
Defence Secretary Liam Fox highlights the vulnerability of the UK’s national infrastructure from huge explosions of energy from the sun as Channel 4 News looks at the science behind solar flares.
Gary Gibbon
The leadership have been a bit surprised by the vote to call an emergency debate on Trident. It was expecting the delegates to take a pot-shot at government housing benefit changes or GP commissioning changes instead, writes Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
We should enjoy being in power, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg tells activists, with a defence of his role in the coalition. Political Editor Gary Gibbon meets Mr Clegg’s uneasy audience.
Channel 4 News FactCheck looks at what it would cost the government to delay a decision on replacing the Trident nuclear deterrent