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The claim “My understanding is that the 15 per cent figure – that was quoted by the Shadow Home Secretary – is wrong, and that it is an interpretation of the House of Commons library figures rather than the House of Commons library figure.” Home Secretary Theresa May MP, Select Committee, December 14, 2010
Gary Gibbon
The Treasury is not disputing Philip Stephens’ report in the Financial Times (FT) that Sir Gus O’Donnell is asking for a “Plan B” or “possible stimulus measures” to be worked up in case the economy stalls.
Councils are set to find out how much funding is to be cut, which will lead to a reduction in local government spending without parallel in modern times, an expert tells Channel 4 News.
No council will see a budget cut of more than 8.9 per cent, Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles announces – and writes for Channel 4 News of the “sea change” in local government.
No council will see a budget cut of more than 8.9 per cent, Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles announces – and writes for Channel 4 News of the “sea change” in local government.
As calls for an international probe into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka increase, the Sri Lankan Government tells Channel 4 News its domestic inquiry must be allowed to “achieve its objectives”.
Counter-terror thinktanks call for inquiry into public library stocks after a Channel 4 News investigation finds hundreds of books written by radical Islamist preachers, writes Johnny McDevitt.
FactCheck analyses Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s commitment to “cut the deficit, not the NHS”.
German security is stepped up as Namibian police find a suspected bomb in the luggage of an Air Berlin plane bound for Munich, according to authorities.
As George W Bush defends the use of “waterboarding” for saving British lives, Channel 4’s Job Rabkin looks at the former US president’s defiance and regrets from his time in office.
Do we need to be nudged in the direction of government policy – or will it only work if we’re shoved? Gaby Hinsliff explains the ways that Ministers are trying to change us.
A UN official has called the Democratic Republic of Congo “the rape capital of the world” – but there’s renewed momentum to tackle the sexual violence in the country, as Lindsey Hilsum discovers.
The Taliban in Pakistan have now claimed responsibility for the murder of Dr Mohammad Farooq Khan, writes foreign affairs producer Nevine Mabro.
“Last Letter” is a previously unknown poem by Ted Hughes, about the night his estranged wife Sylvia Plath killed herself.
During the Labour conference in Manchester, CutsCheck looks at the cuts the city council is making ahead of the comprehensive spending review next month.