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Deadly cholera outbreak hits Haiti
A cholera epidemic has killed at least 138 people in central Haiti, President Rene Preval has confirmed.
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Spending Review: the IFS verdict
A round-up of three of the claims the Chancellor made that the Institute for Fiscal Studies takes issue with.
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Spending review: Osborne defends cuts
Chancellor George Osborne is defending his £81bn round of spending cuts amid claims he’s making a “reckless gamble” which will hit the poor hardest.
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Spending review: The Westminster theatre
We’ve had the numbers from the government’s spending review, but what about the theatre? Broadcaster Peter McHugh takes a less than serious look at George Osborne’s Westminster address.
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Poor hit more by Spending Review cuts, says IFS
The Institute for Fiscal Studies reveals the half-truths, “stealth cuts” and real victims of the Chancellor’s Spending Review, writes our Economics Editor, Faisal Islam.
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Osborne to reveal full scale of cuts
The full scale of spending cuts will be unveiled today when Chancellor George Osborne outlines the details of the government’s comprehensive spending review.
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Spending review: our correspondents’ verdicts
As Chancellor George Osborne delivers his long-awaited spending review, Channel 4 News correspondents deliver their verdicts on the cuts.
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Spending review: Osborne spells out government cuts
Chancellor George Osborne unveils heavy cuts across government departments with almost half a million job losses and a fresh crackdown on benefits.
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Social housing budget slashed by spending cuts
Channel 4 News has learned that the budget given to new social housing will be reduced by up to 80 per cent and child benefits for the over-16s will be cut. Economics Editor Faisal Islam reports.
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George Osborne promises to see spending cuts through
The axeman cometh and the cuts are already being revealed: child benefit for over-16s cut, the building of new affordable housing virtually stops and new aircraft carriers will sail without any jets.
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Benefit claimants reassessed under welfare reform
As hundreds of incapacity benefits are reassessed under the government’s plan to reform the welfare system, Channel 4 News hears from a claimant worried that changes may affect his health.
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Unions clash with coalition over pension review
A clash is looming between the government and unions over plans to reform public sector pensions. Report author Lord Hutton tells Channel 4 News: “There is change coming”.
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Fox: MoD cuts will not be easy
Cuts to defence are unavoidable, Liam Fox says, but the Trident nuclear deterrent will go ahead and veterans will get more support – a “welcome, albeit small, step”, one charity tells Channel 4 News.
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Cameron defends child benefit cuts
Speaking to Jon Snow, David Cameron defends plans to cut child benefit for higher-rate tax payers, and insists that no one in his team is unsackable, including his communications chief, Andy Coulson.
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CutsCheck: NHS really safe in their hands?
CutsCheck looks at the cuts being made by NHS trusts, despite the government’s pledge to increase health service spending in real terms every year