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Top UK business stories in 2012: the scandals and highlights
From the euro crisis to Facebook’s IPO, Spain’s banks and the fiscal cliff, 2012 was bursting with business news – even knocking the royal baby off the front pages (on occasion). Here’s the countdown.
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Mitchell ‘puts pressure’ on Met chief over plebgate
Former chief whip Andrew Mitchell is reportedly seeking assurances that Scotland Yard chief Bernard Hogan-Howe will not be involved in the “plebgate” investigation.
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Pleb row: Calls for inquiry into Andrew Mitchell case
The allegation that a serving police officer fabricated evidence relating to the Andrew Mitchell “plebgate” row prompts calls for a full and independent investigation into the case.
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Note left by dead nurse ‘critical of hospital staff’
A note left by the nurse at the centre of the royal hoax phone call contains criticisms of staff at the hospital where she worked until she was found dead one week ago, according to reports.
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Kate prank call nurse was found hanged
The nurse who was duped by a prank call from two Australian radio DJs to the hospital treating the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was found hanging, an inquest has heard.
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Consider legalising drugs, MP committee suggests
The UK should consider following the example of some US states by legalising certain drugs, a House of Commons committee tells the government.
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UKBA ‘failing to identify students breaching visa terms’
Staff at the embattled UK Border Agency failed to check thousands of tip-offs about overseas students, including whether they had actually enrolled on courses, according to a new report.
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UKBA workload risks ‘amnesty’ for illegal immigrants
MPs warn the UK Border Agency that the escalating number of outstanding immigration and asylum cases could result in an effective amnesty for illegal immigrants.
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Why I want to see Babar Ahmad prosecuted in the UK
The businessman seeking to halt the extradition of Babar Ahmad to the US on terror charges tells Channel 4 News why he hopes to bring a private prosecution against him.
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G4S accused of misleading government
The world’s largest security firm, G4S, has been accused of misleading the government and Olympic chiefs over staff recruitment for London 2012, writes Simon Israel.
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Students in chaos as university loses right to sponsor visas
Thousands of overseas students could be thrown out of Britain within 60 days after London Metropolitan Unversity was stripped of its right to authorise their visas.
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Border Agency has 275,000 case backlog
The troubled UK Border Agency faces a backlog of cases equivalent to the population of Newcastle, MPs warn.
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G4S chief executive: we regret signing the Olympics contract
Nick Buckles, the G4S chief executive who says he is worth his £1.2m annual pay package, admits to MPs he regrets signing the contract to provide security for the Olympics.
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Private eyes to face tighter regulation
MPs demand tighter controls of private investigators in the wake of the Glenn Mulcaire hacking scandal. Channel 4 News looks inside a shadowy industry.
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Green’s pledge on Heathrow queues
Immigration Minister Damian Green promises fully staffed desks at Heathrow over the peak summer period. But Easyjet tells Channel 4 News it is “concerned” about delays at other airports.