Gary Gibbon
Could students pay their way through university with a graduate tax?
Gary Gibbon blogs on how the coalition government is giving serious thought to introducing a graduate tax, rather than a big rise in tuition fees.
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Gary Gibbon
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Jon Snow
Whither Ireland goes, does UK plc follow?
The Celtic Tiger of Ireland’s boom years is worse than on its knees. Is this a lesson for the UK?
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Age of austerity: political response
George Osborne’s emergency budget kick-started the government’s plans to cut the deficit. Was he VATman, public spending slasher, or responsible chancellor, asked political editor Gary Gibbon.
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Jon Snow
Something ugly in the woodshed
Spain is in the frame again…stress testing her banks seems not to have been a particularly reassuring experience.
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Gary Gibbon
Why Blair agreed to hold the Bloody Sunday inquiry
You might think that the Bloody Sunday inquiry was used to break a deadlock, avoid a republican walk-out. Unionists and Tories have told me just that. Someone who was a very senior British official at the time tells me it was nothing of the sort.
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World Cup: magic of Mandela for host team
South Africa star Aaron Mokoena captains his national side and, in his first UK interview, tells Channel 4 News’s Keme Nzerem that the magic of Mandela will see his team through.
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Faisal Islam
Britain backs the US on stress-testing European banks
Faisal Islam blogs on Tim Geithner’s ideas on stress testing the European banking system.
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Faisal Islam
Inflation alert leads to early debut of The ‘Oz’ and Mervyn show
The question is: at what point does temporary become more enduring? If VAT goes up again on 22 June, that will provide another boost to CPI inflation, writes economics editor Faisal Islam.
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Still undecided? Vote 2010 FactChecked
Roundup of the Vote 2010 Election FactCheck blog
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Jon Snow
The Bliss of the Undecided
What a backdrop! Markets falling, bankrupt Greece in uproar, Spain’s stock market down 5 per cent. Come vote for ugh, what? Yes, a stable, fiscally sound deficit free Britain er, in Europe.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron may make it to Northern Ireland
Conservative leader David Cameron may make it through the ash to Northern Ireland – but how well will he be received?
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Greeks face tough times – but reality has yet to sink in
Jonathan Rugman blogs from Athens on the Greek financial crisis
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Global economy fears as Greece faces financial bailout
If a new round of austerity measures in Greece fail, analysts tell Channel 4 News the country’s financial crisis could spread and leave a chunk of the world economy in ruins.
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Faisal Islam
Awaiting a Greek bailout
Much of the market finally lost patience today with the umming ahhing, feet-dragging, and generalised incompetence of Europe’s multi-headed economic governance. We face an epic moment in world economics, every bit as critical as the decision to bailout Bear Stearns, and then not to bailout Lehman Brothers. “Sheer panic” was the reaction of one…
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Will hung parliament lead to IMF bailout?
Shadow business secretary, Ken Clarke, asserts that a hung parliament will result in the IMF bailing out the British economy.
