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West Africa’s raging epidemic of Ebola virus is an “extraordinary event” and now constitutes an international risk, the World Health Organisation says, as the number of deaths rise to 961.
The risk of fraudulent, misleading and confusing ads appearing on the government’s Universal Jobmatch website is higher than private equivalents, according to the National Audit Office.
Kylie Morris
US and European airlines suspend flights into Israel’s Ben Gurion airport after a rocket landed one mile away.
The day of a major cabinet reshuffle can often be used for other purposes, for example quietly unveiling a report into the much-criticised “bedroom tax”. So is the much-maligned policy working?
Live updates from Downing Street as the prime minister reshuffles his cabinet.
More than 1 million public sector workers are on strike, but the government insists their claims of unfair pay are overblown. Do ministers have a point?
More than a million public sector workers strike – but last time, in 2011, the action was more a war of words over the turn-out than one of attrition. It wasn’t like that back in the day…
As a survey suggest major improvements in attitudes towards disability as a result of the 2012 Paralympics, gold medalist Sophie Christiansen tells Channel 4 News it is time to stop focusing on sport.
Jackie Long
Writing about Universal Credit is a bit like writing about a celebrity marriage. You know it’s in trouble , you just don’t know how much or exactly why.
Fifa gives Luis Suarez a nine-game international ban and a four-month suspension from all football for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini.
If EU leaders back Jean-Claude Juncker for the post of European Commission president it would be “flicking two fingers” at voters across the continent, Iain Duncan Smith says.
Former home secretary David Blunkett is to stand down from parliament at the 2015 general election, he announces.
Jackie Long
Two reports attacking major areas of the government’s planned benefits reforms suggest there may come a point when the universal credit policy has to be redrawn.
Jackie Long
Charities working with the poorest in society say government attitudes to their work are increasingly hostile.
David Cameron says inequality and poverty have improved on his watch. So is the government on target to eradicate child poverty?