Tom Clarke
Climate change and conflict from Tunisia to Texas
It only takes a few extreme weather events or a prolonged drought to pit humans against each other.
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Why does Angela Merkel’s Germany still dominate Europe?
With Chancellor Angela Merkel on track to win a third term, Channel 4 News looks at why Germany is still calling the shots in Europe.
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Matt Frei
Angela Merkel: the anti-Iron Lady
It is not in Angela Merkel’s DNA to exert a leadership role in Europe and the German people don’t expect it. But she is arguably the most powerful politician in the western world.
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FactCheck Q&A: Benefit fraud in perspective
The Crown Prosecution Service will push for longer sentences for benefit fraudsters. A long-overdue clampdown or a waste of resources? FactCheck finds out.
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Cap house prices to rein in lending, say surveyors
A 5 per cent cap on house price growth may be needed to prevent an inflationary boom and bust, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
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Siobhan Kennedy
It’s a knockout – MPs grapple with new interest rate guidance
MPs were hoping to get clarity on Mark Carney’s “forward guidance” on interest rates today – but most were left scratching their heads.
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How British attitudes have changed over 30 years
British people have hardened their view on the NHS in recent years but softened in their attitude towards state benefits for the unemployed, according to the British Social Attitudes survey.
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Olympics 2020: Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo await their fate
The delegations of the three remaining candidates for the 2020 Olympics arrive in Argentina to make their final pitch. Within hours, the host city of the 32nd summer games will be announced.
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Low pay Britain: one in five Brits earning below living wage
Despite some sectors embracing the so called living wage to tackle poverty in the UK, Channel 4 News finds that some workers are still being left behind.
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Last orders? 4,000 pubs set to close doors
Up to 4,000 pubs are set to close their doors in the next year – but they are “stuck in the 1980s” anyway, says the Good Pub Guide 2014. Channel 4 News looks at what makes a good pub.
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Faisal Islam
What Carney missed in Nottingham, and why he’ll need mortgage controls
There are two Mark Carneys. There is one struggling to get the barbecue of UK growth prospects up to cooking temperature. And conversely there is one that in 2015/16 might have to put out a raging credit-fuelled inflationary consumer conflagration.
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‘I have a dream’ at 50: what has changed in Atlanta?
It is 50 years since Martin Luther King delivered his ‘I have a dream’ speech. But Jonathan Miller finds that there is still a long way to go before his dream is realised in his hometown of Atlanta.
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Mark Carney: low interest rates here to stay
The new governor of the Bank of England tells a business audience that interest rates are unlikely to rise in the next few years, but action could be taken to prevent a house price boom.
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#c4newspopup: Cumbria’s hidden poverty
Channel 4 News has been popping up all around the country. In the beauty spots of Cumbria we found local people struggling to make ends meet amid soaring unemployment and benefit cuts.
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GCSE results day: what options do school leavers have?
As GCSE results roll in, 16-17 year old school leavers face a daunting unemployment rate of 40 per cent. Channel 4 News looks at their options.
