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370,000 migrants on benefits
Over 370,000 migrants who came to Britain to work, study or visit, are now claiming work-related benefits, new government figures show. Channel 4 News Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long reports.
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NoW phone hack victims settle damage claims
Former deputy prime minister John Prescott and actor Jude Law are among several public figures who have settled damages claims in connection with News of the World phone hacking.
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Inquiry into UK border force passport checks
As the UK’s border force chief is suspended over checks for non-EU nationals, a source tells Channel 4 News “we were told if there were queues, look at the passport and let them through”.
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JK Rowling ‘core participant’ in phone hacking inquiry
Dozens of alleged phone hacking victims, including Milly Dowler’s parents and Harry Potter creator JK Rowling, are named as “core participants” in the first stage of the inquiry into the scandal.
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FactCheck: Are the Tories gerrymandering the election boundaries?
Calls for political reform spun out of the expenses scandal of 2009 and hurtled towards last year’s general election, with all three major parties promising change in their manifestos. Labour proposed a non-partisan parliamentary boundary review that would look at the rules for the redistribution of seats, as well as an Alternative Vote (AV) referendum. Its manifesto said: “The cost of politics to the taxpayer must be minimised but we reject using this as an excuse to gerrymander constituency boundaries in the interest of one political party.” The Tories meanwhile championed a 10 per cent cut in the number of MPs, while the Lib Dem manifesto stated that it would making voting fairer by introducing Single Transferable Vote (STV) for elections, the number of MPs could be cut from 650 to 500. We’ve already said no to AV, so now it’s down to the boundary changes to kick start reform. But is it fair, or are the Tories manipulating the system?
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LIVE BLOG: John Yates resigns from Metropolitan Police
With today’s resignation of Assistant Commissioner John Yates, following yesterday’s decision by Sir Paul Stephenson to stand down, is the Metropolitan Police now a “rudderless ship”?
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Rebekah Brooks arrested over phone hacking claims
Rebekah Brooks says she is “helping police with their enquiries” after being arrested at an appointment in connection with allegations of corruption and phone hacking. She has been released on bail.
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From secretary to scandal, Rebekah Brooks’ media career
In a career covering more than two decades, Rebekah Brooks has made a lasting impression on the tabloid media landscape, Channel 4 News looks back at her achievements.
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Watching the detectives
As an MP calls for proper regulation of private detectives in the wake of the phone-hack revelations, one investigator tells Channel 4 News about the inner workings of his shadowy trade.
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LIVE BLOG: Murdoch pulls BSkyB bid over phone hacking
Rupert Murdoch withdraws his BSkyB takeover bid as David Cameron vows to end the “ugly chapter” of phone hacking. Here’s how the day unfolded.
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Met chiefs face grilling by MPs over phone hacking
Four current and former Metropolitan police chiefs are set to be grilled by MPs about Scotland Yard’s failure to uncover the scale of the phone hacking scandal during the initial police investigation.
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Cameron wants phone hacking inquiry
David Cameron calls for a public and independent inquiry into “disgusting” phone-hacking allegations as Rupert Murdoch backs former NOTW editor Rebekah Brooks.
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LIVE BLOG: MPs debate News of the World ‘hackgate’
Rupert Murdoch is standing by Rebekah Brooks as calls grow for her to resign from News International because of the phone hacking scandal. Add your voice to the live blog.
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Prescott and three others win legal bid on phone hacking
As Lord Prescott and three others win a bid to launch a legal challenge over police handling of the phone-hacking case, Brian Paddick tells Channel 4 News the ruling is a “major breakthrough”.
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Senior NoW exec implicated in Jude Law phone hacking case
A senior executive at the News of the World has been linked to the phone hacking scandal by Jude Law’s barrister.