Gary Gibbon
More kitsch less Kitchener?
Gary Gibbon blogs on the aftermath of David Cameron’s speech to the Conservative Party Conference.
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Liberal Democrat councillors attack cuts
More than 80 Liberal Democrat councillors attack the Government over local spending cuts – but an expert tells Channel 4 News the cuts are not unreasonable.
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Sports study centre cuts could hit key skills
Funding for Playing for Success, an initiative aimed at improving children’s literacy, numeracy and ICT grades through sport, will end this year. Channel 4 News investigates the potential impact.
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MPs slam ‘Bonfire of Quangos’
Ministers are warned that plans to scrap dozens of quangos will not save money or improve accountability, as MPs say the whole process so far has been “botched”.
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David Cameron warns 2011 will be difficult year
Prime Minister David Cameron uses his New Year’s message to warn next year will be “difficult” – but insists Britain has a “really bright future” ahead. Julian Rush looks at what is to come in 2011.
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Government backtracks on funding for Book Trust
As the Book Trust charity confirms the government will now help the book gifting programme continue in England, Samira Ahmed reflects on how to put a cost on the value of the scheme.
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Parents braced for criticism with SureStart evaluation
Over the coming weeks, parents will be told how they are failing their children, starting with next Thursday’s SureStart evaluation. But how will voters respond to the criticism, asks Gaby Hinsliff.
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The politics of nudge and shove
Do we need to be nudged in the direction of government policy – or will it only work if we’re shoved? Gaby Hinsliff explains the ways that Ministers are trying to change us.
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Charities must ‘end competition’ to overcome £5bn cuts
As charities face a £5bn cut in funding, the founder of The Big Issue tells Channel 4 News that charities must end their “terrible competition” for money, and work together.
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Gary Gibbon
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David Cameron’s speech: five FactCheck favourites
It was the big speech about the big society. And as David Cameron had his Kitchener moment, he reeled off a legion of lists, a cacophony of claims and a smattering of statistics to make his point. Here’s a selection, scrutinised by the FactCheck team. The analysis “But just look at what we are achieving…
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Cameron: your country needs you
David Cameron tells the Conservative conference: there is no alternative to big spending cuts and it takes two to cut the deficit.
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David Cameron defends child benefit cut
As David Cameron prepares to tell the Conservative conference that spending measures will not be easy, an expert tells Channel 4 News why the prime minister’s speech must relate to ordinary people.
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The coalition government 100 days in
One hundred days of a coalition government, and this week we can write the words that perhaps only the man himself thought possible: Nick Clegg is in charge. Broadcaster Peter McHugh asks, what next?
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Diane Abbott: more than a token Labour candidate
Diane Abbott tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy she was right on many policies during the New Labour years, adding “I’m the genuine move-on candidate”.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron is desperate to make 7 May seem like a victory
David Cameron is desperate to make 7 May look and feel like a moment of undisputed victory, the launch of a newly mandated Tory government, even if the results aren’t crystal clear.
