Jackie Long
No fairytale ending for Osborne’s welfare reforms
This is the moment when we get George Osborne’s famed fairytale scrounger, idling in bed with the curtains drawn all day, up and off his backside and into work. Or do we?
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Why straight couples want a civil partnership over marriage
As some MPs propose the same-sex marriage bill is amended to allow civil partnerships for heterosexuals, Channel 4 News hears why some would say “I don’t” to marriage – but “I do” to a civil partner.
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Why I admire Angelina for taking on the taboos
Channel 4 News accompanied Angelina Jolie on a mission to Congo earlier this year. The actress made the gruelling trip despite undergoing major surgery, writes Cathy Newman.
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‘Bedroom tax’ blamed for woman’s suicide
A woman who committed suicide left a note blaming the government’s so-called “bedroom tax” for her death, her family says.
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Cleveland police wasted millions in vendetta, solicitor says
A defence solicitor who secured more than £500,000 in damages from a police force after he was wrongly arrested says officers mounted a “vendetta” against him following a high profile kidnap trial.
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Vaccine could end risk of diabetes for thousands
Scientists research a vaccine which could reduce or eradicate the risk of developing Type 1 diabetes for thousands of people.
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Immigration: the other side of the story
Millionaire migrants are increasingly investing in the UK, from buying penthouses to building businesses, showing another side to immigration.
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Southampton’s immigration decade
Around 20 per cent of Southampton’s residents were born abroad – making it a perfect place to gauge the pros and cons of being an immigration nation.
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Thatcher’s pop legacy – protest songs or the charity single?
Margaret Thatcher spawned a wave of protest songs. But then came 1984’s Do They Know It’s Christmas which gave miners’ benefit records an air of axe-grinding and pettiness, writes Bob Stanley.
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FactCheck: the Thatcher myths
From snatching milk to destroying British industry, FactCheck busts some of the biggest myths of the Thatcher era.
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‘Economic miracle’ in Britain’s former coalfields?
Margaret Thatcher is often credited with reviving Britain’s ailing economy in the 1980s. But what has happened in the former coalfields since the mines closed?
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Osborne ‘out of touch’ over disabled parking space
Chancellor George Osborne, who has been defending welfare reform this week, is accused of being “out of touch” after his official car was photographed parked in a disabled space.
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Mick Philpott jailed for life
Mick Philpott is sentenced to life in prison for the manslaughter of six of his children in a house fire, while his wife Mairead and friend Paul Mosley are both given a 17 year sentence.
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Universal credit system could be ‘open to fraud’
MPs have expressed fears that the government’s huge welfare shake-up will leave the benefits system more vulnerable to fraud.
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FactCheck: are nine out of 10 working families better off?
George Osborne says nine out of 10 working families will benefit from this month’s tax and benefit changes. But who are the biggest winners?
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