Gary Gibbon
What’s Theresa May taking to Brussels?
Theresa May has gone with some kind of sweetener on EU citizens’ rights which she hopes will break the impasse.
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Gary Gibbon
Boris Johnson: Blond Ambition – an introduction by Gary Gibbon
A film about Boris Johnson’s last year or so in office, Blond Ambition, is on Channel 4 on Sunday night at 10pm. It’s the product of some brilliant and dogged work by Lottie Gammon, chasing down Boris Johnson when he didn’t particularly want our cameras on his case. Do watch it if you get the…
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What would war look like for North Korea?
North Korea has claimed that Donald Trump has declared war. The US president had said North Korea’s leaders “won’t be around much longer” and referred to Kim Jong-Un as “Little Rocket Man”. This followed Mr Trump’s speech to the UN last week in which he warned that America would “totally destroy” North Korea if the…
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Gary Gibbon
Brexit transition: Cabinet not completely harmonious at May’s plan
The Brexit transition period requested by Theresa May yesterday in Florence is pretty much exactly what the Treasury has been asking for. But it leaves the UK in a bizarre, protracted limbo which could antagonise Brexiteers.
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FactCheck: today’s Prime Minister’s Questions
Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn clashed on nurses, public sector pay and immigration in the House of Commons today. Did they pass the FactCheck test?
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Jon Snow
‘The Best and Worst of Times’: the MacTaggart Lecture at Edinburgh TV Festival 2017
Award-winning Channel 4 News journalist and presenter Jon Snow delivers the prestigious James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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FactCheck Q&A: Are A-levels what they used to be?
Thousands of students have just received their A-level results and discovered whether they are off to university. But with so many students getting good grades and going to university, is the whole experience worth the same as it once was? FactCheck looked into the details.
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Helia Ebrahimi
Brink of collapse – how the global financial crisis began
The BNP Paribas announcement turned out to be the starting gun to the global financial crisis.
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Three ways millennials are still feeling the credit crunch
It’s been ten years since the financial crisis began. FactCheck looks at three ways millennials are feeling the effects of the crash.
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More single parents hit by the benefits cap, but the High Court says it’s unlawful.
The government’s benefit cap policy was ruled to be unlawful in June. But new figures show more single parents are subject to the cap than before. FactCheck investigates.
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Almost one in five MPs are landlords
Parliament has published its register of MPs’ financial interests for the first time since the election. An analysis by FactCheck shows that 123 MPs earn extra money by renting out homes and private property. Landlord MPs account for almost a fifth of all MPs. Their properties include houses, flats, farms, holiday cottages and shops. The MPs include chancellor…
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Crime went up by 10% this year – the biggest annual increase in a decade. What’s behind the rise?
Is austerity behind the rise in reported crime? FactCheck investigates.
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Sentences and sales of corrosive substances to be reviewed
More acid attack convictions could come with a life sentence as the Government reviews the laws on the use of corrosive substances as weapons. There will also be measures to control their sale as part of a response to the recent spate of attacks. There are some distressing images from the start of this…
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FactCheck Q&A: Is the UK’s offer to EU citizens a ‘damp squib’?
The European parliament’s Brexit coordinator, Guy Verhofstadt, has criticised the UK’s proposals for EU citizens. But the government has rebuffed his criticism, claiming Verhofstadt made “a number of inaccuracies”. FactCheck looked into the detail of what is being offered.
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FactCheck: Theresa May slips up on nurses
According to NHS Digital, there were a total of 285,893 nurses and health visitors working across the whole of the NHS in March this year, compared to 280,950 in May 2010.
