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UK drone spend could pay wages of 30,000 new troops
A report into Britain’s spending on military drones over the last five years reveals the most clear evidence yet that the future of warfare is unmanned and remote-controlled.
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EU unveils banking union plan to tackle euro crisis
Major strides are taken to tackle eurozone debt, with plans for a banking union and German approval of a permanent bailout fund to rescue ailing countries.
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Lies, damned lies and Paul Ryan’s convention speech
There is political rhetoric – and then there are facts. Paul Ryan wowed delegates at the Republican National Convention – but his remarks have been slated for playing fast and loose with the truth.
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Independence declaration or a bid for the Murdoch empire?
As Elisabeth Murdoch prepares to address the Edinburgh International Television Festival, a leading media commentator speculates that there may soon be no Murdochs at the top of the family business.
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Shock rise in borrowing threatens austerity plans
Chancellor George Osborne’s deficit reduction programme comes under further pressure after an unexpected rise in government borrowing in July.
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Protests over rising rail fares
Unions, transport campaigners and rail passenger groups launch a day of action to protest at “massive” fare increases and cuts to jobs and services.
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UKBA ignores own guidance on F&C soldiers settlement
Exclusive: Channel 4 News has obtained a Border Agency letter stating that Foreign & Commonwealth soldiers disciplined by the army without court martial, should not be considered for deportation.
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Miliband hopes to snatch Corby seat from Tories
There is no date set, but that did not stop Ed Miliband campaigning in Corby with a vow to make unemployment the key issue in the by-election to replace Tory MP Louise Mensch.
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FactCheck: Boris’s police promise unzipped
“So Boris has failed to honour one of his manifesto promises, and he’s missed by more than 700 bobbies, according to these statistics.”
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FactCheck: Minister in the thick of it over new jobs?
An “administrative error” leads to the home office advertising for 400 more jobs than they had intended to, on the day of an ongoing row between the unions and the department in which strike action was narrowly averted. FactCheck investigates.
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Britain hit by longest double-dip recession for 50 years
Britain’s recession continues for a third quarter, with growth declining dramatically by 0.7 per cent from April to June. But Chancellor George Osborne tells Channel 4 News it “could be a lot worse”.
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UK border staff call off strike on eve of Olympic Games
More than 25,000 border staff call off a strike planned for Thursday, averting a travel nightmare for thousands heading to London on the eve of the Olympic Games.
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Government to seek injunction to prevent Olympic strike
The Home Office has said that it will go to court to seek an injunction preventing a strike by border staff which has been called for the eve of the Olympic Games.
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Border staff to strike day before Olympics
Olympic visitors to London could face long airport queues as border staff, and other Home Office personnel, vote to go on strike in a dispute over pay and cuts.
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UK murder rate falls to its lowest for almost 30 years
The number of homicides recorded by police has fallen to its lowest since 1983, according to new figures – so what’s behind the steady decline?