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The Government says a review of rail costs will see taxpayers get a better deal and more efficient trains – but unions are warning that passengers could face higher fares.
A global shortage of meat has led to a massive increase in livestock rustling by organised criminal gangs, spelling trouble for the humble spring lamb.
Nick Clegg says young people’s opportunities must not be limited by who they know. One of the Deputy PM’s former interns tells Channel 4 News the social mobility strategy does not go far enough.
Gary Gibbon
As the government recruits members for its Commission on the Bill of Rights, Gary Gibbon asks if it could ever result in a challenge to the might of the European Court of Human Rights?
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says “a life on benefits will no longer be an option for somebody”. But Channel 4 News has found figures suggesting that this is already the case.
Ignoring a European ruling giving prisoners the right to vote could cost the Government £143m in compensation claims, reports Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
A landmark European human rights ruling could prompt a re-think of the abortion ban in Ireland. The attorney for the women tells Channel 4 News the Irish Government will have to act.
Train passengers face a rise in rail fares of an average of 6.2 per cent in January – an “outrageous” figure that masks the real rise from individual companies, campaigners tell Channel 4 News.
The fanfare of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding is set to create a “bumper couple of years” for the economy alongside the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and London 2012, Channel 4 News finds.
Channel 4 News looks at the sanctions regime for benefit claimants introduced by Iain Duncan Smith in his Welfare White Paper.
Hardship payment grants to people on benefits could be replaced by loans under welfare reform plans being considered by the Government.
In a White Paper published today, the Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, sets out his plans to cut Britain’s £192 billion benefits bill and unveil the new universal credit.
Unemployed claimants will face a strict ‘three strike’ policy which will see their benefits stripped for up to three years if they refuse the opportunity to work.
The claim “If you are prepared to pay, as we are, £20,000 in housing benefit, there is no reason why anyone should be left without a home.” David Cameron, Prime Minister’s Questions, 27 October 2010 The background For years, headlines about housing benefit claimants have conjured up images of scroungers living in mansions that we…
Five animal rights activists who intimidated companies linked to animal testing lab Huntingdon Life Sciences in an attempt to shut down the facility have been jailed.