Search results for ‘public service cuts’
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Train fares to rise by an average 5.9 per cent
UK train fares will rise by an average of 0.7 per cent above the rate of inflation from January 2012, the Asssociation of Train Operating Companies has announced.
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NHS whistleblowers call for better protection
A group of NHS workers say it is still “too dangerous” for medical and non-medical staff to raise concerns, writes Health and Social Care Correspondent Victoria Macdonald.
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RBS report blames poor decisions
As an FSA report into the failure of Royal Bank of Scotland blames its own light-touch regulation and poor management, the bank’s chairman tells Channel 4 News he supports tougher sanctions.
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RBS report to blame errors and ‘light-touch’ controls
A report into the failure of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) by the FSA will blame light-touch regulation and a catalogue of financial errors for pushing it to a taxpayer bailout in 2008.
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Hurricane-force winds batter northern Britain
Wind pounds Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of England, forcing drivers to stay off the roads. Channel 4 News Weather Presenter Liam Dutton says there was “perfect recipe for an explosive storm”.
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European financial tax – is the City worth saving?
As David Cameron trades blows with other European leaders over a financial transactions tax, Channel 4 News asks if the City should be protected.
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No pain, no gain, in Ireland’s 2012 budget
As Ireland negotiates its way out of recession, Channel 4 News hears that the fourth austerity budget in four years will take its toll on an already fragile country.
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How will the strikes affect you?
On Wednesday, Britain is facing its biggest public sector strike for decades, hitting schools, hospitals and airports. Channel 4 News finds out which services are likely to be affected.
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Revealed: growing crisis in UK home care sector
Nearly half a million older people receive care in their own homes paid for by the local authority. But Channel 4 News has seen evidence the system is struggling to cope.
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Should swearing at the police remain illegal?
As a judge rules that swearing at the police is so common it’s unlikely to cause offence, the Police Federation tells Channel 4 News that decriminalising it would be a “slippery slope”.
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‘Proof’ government plans to privatise NHS?
Exclusive: GPs say they have firm evidence now that the government is planning to privatise the National Health Service as part of its reforms.
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Wounded soldiers ‘face sack by 2015’
A leaked classified memo suggests 16,500 army personnel, including as many as 2,500 wounded soldiers, could be made redundant by April 2015. The MoD has rejected the information as “incorrect”.
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Theresa May faces MPs over border chaos
The home secretary is to appear in the Commons following claims hundreds of thousands of people were allowed to enter the UK over the summer without proper security checks.
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London’s Admiralty Arch on the market
The government plans to sell Admiralty Arch in central London for up to £75m – part of a wider drive to get better value from its vast property estate, as Channel 4 News hears.
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UK economy at ‘dangerous junction’
The UK economy has stalled at a “dangerous junction” according to independent forecaster Ernst & Young, which has slashed growth forecasts for this year and next.
