Budget 2011: something to smile about?
George Osborne permits himself a slight smile as he poses outside No 11 before setting off to deliver the budget, reports our Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
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Insecticides aren’t to blame for the decline of Britain’s bees, the Government’s top bee scientist tells Channel 4 News.
George Osborne permits himself a slight smile as he poses outside No 11 before setting off to deliver the budget, reports our Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
Fears of a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant are causing trauma and travel chaos across tsunami-stricken Japan as foreign governments tell their nationals to evacuate.
As a Tory MP tells Gary Gibbon the AV referendum could break the Coalition, political analyst Greg Callus looks at the high stakes for Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg.
Relations – both international and domestic – are at the centre of exchanges at Prime Minister’s Questions. But one key player is notable by his absence, as Peter McHugh reports.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Faisal Islam will be presenting a live Dispatches debate into whether the government should #sellornot its assets to cut the deficit. Follow it all on our live blog.
The man who tried to teach Colonel Gaddafi’s son, Saif, economics tells Channel 4 News the government’s moves to seize the dictator’s assets are little more than posturing.
As Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt gives initial approval to News Corp’s plans to take over BSkyB, he tells Channel 4 News the move strengthens safeguards on plurality of media ownership.
UFO sightings and an an alien abduction are detailed in thousands of previously classified documents released by the National Archives
Channel 4 News Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy reacts to the rumours that Sky News could be sold and looks at the possible ramifications.
The claim: “Should AV pass, the cost of electronic vote counting necessitated by AV will be £130 million”
The claim “We are using PFI to ensure value for money and that the public interest and public services are properly protected when we increase public investment.” Gordon Brown, The Times, September 26, 2002
Channel 4 News has learnt that a charity that represents the victims of human trafficking has launched legal action against the Government over a 40 per cent cut in its funding.
The High Court rules that Education Secretary Michael Gove was wrong to scrap parts of England’s school-building programme without consultation. His Department could now face compensation claims.
Is the £800m bank levy enough to please the public – or does the tax need to be higher? And why was the decision seemingly so last minute? Faisal Islam investigates.