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  • 26 Jun 2012

    It is one of the most critical weeks yet for the Obama administration – two decisions at the supreme court have major implications for the future of federal power.

  • 21 Jun 2012

    The education secretary has revealed plans to scrap GCSE exams for children in England and replace them with something akin to O-levels – which his party got rid of nearly 25 years ago.

  • 11 Jun 2012

    This morning former prime minister Gordon Brown gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media standards, followed by Chancellor George Osborne this afternoon. Add your voice to the live blog.

  • 24 May 2012
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    David Cameron said that “billions of extra money” has been spent on supporting businesses to export, but FactCheck can’t find it.

  • 15 May 2012

    New reforms propose giving parents more responsibility for their children’s care, but there are concerns that thousands will be taken off the special needs register. Channel 4 News reports.

  • 13 May 2012

    A cross-party committee of MPs calls on the government to develop a joined-up strategy to tackle the UK’s ‘unhealthy and environmentally damaging’ food system.

  • 8 May 2012
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    couple of days after the budget, with rows raging about the “granny tax” and George Osborne’s decision to help the super-rich by cutting the 50p rate, the PM had what seemed like a smart idea. Number 10 decided to bring forward plans to increase the price of cheap alcohol, to tackle binge drinking and what David Cameron called “the mayhem on our streets”. According to Mr Cameron cheap booze is causing a “scourge of violence” – a million violent crimes and more than a million hospital admissions each year. Setting a minimum unit price (MUP) would, he promised, provide “a big part of the answer”. But I’ve found out that just four days before he made his announcement, he’d been warned by one of his own ministers that the policy could well be illegal. Was the PM right to go ahead or should he have listened to his colleague?

  • 30 Apr 2012

    Tonight’s Manchester derby is a title decider in all but name. A win for United and the Premier League is probably theirs. But a City victory will put the Blues in pole position.

  • 26 Apr 2012

    Rupert Murdoch tells the Leveson inquiry the News of the World was involved in a phone-hacking “cover-up”. But former NoW legal manager Tom Crone accuses Mr Murdoch of a “shameful lie”.

  • 25 Apr 2012

    The Unite union is given until 21 May to decide whether to accept a final set of proposals drawn up in a bid to prevent a strike by fuel tanker drivers.

  • 12 Apr 2012
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    How many of UKIP’s manifesto pledges could Lawrence Webb actually force through it he was to become Mayor of London? FactCheck puts a selection to the test.

  • 27 Mar 2012

    The flare on the Elgin gas platform in the North Sea is still burning, its operator Total confirmed to Channel 4 News, increasing the likelihood that the gas leak may ignite.

  • 23 Mar 2012

    A minimum price per unit of alcohol is to be introduced in England and Wales alongside a ban on multi-buy discount deals.

  • 20 Mar 2012

    Taxpayers are to to be given a personal statement telling them how much money is deducted from their earnings and what this is spent on, but they will not learn what they are paying in indirect taxes.

  • 20 Mar 2012

    A series of bomb blasts erupt across Iraq killing at least 43 and wounding 232, raising fresh fears ahead of an Arab League summit in Baghdad next week.

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