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Man City and Man United to meet in FA Cup
Barclays Premier League top two Manchester City and Manchester United will meet in the FA Cup third-round.
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Concern over effects of ‘£500m strike’
As unions deny claims that next week’s public sector pensions strike will cost £500m, Labour leader Ed Miliband blames Prime Minister David Cameron for industrial action that “needs to be avoided”.
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Church condemns ‘unjust’ welfare cuts
Eighteen Church of England bishops have criticised the government’s welfare reforms, which they say will leave children facing “severe poverty and potentially homelessness”.
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FactCheck: Who’s lying about the border scandal?
“Mr Clark told MPs that there were more than 50 occasions between May and July when fingerprint checking of non-EU nationals with visas was abandoned at Heathrow Airport. And Warnings Index checks for adults were suspended at Calais more than 100 times, MPs were told. The reason given for both of these situations was Mrs May’s old friend ‘elf and safety.”
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Falling credit ratings at UK financial firms
Credit agency Moody’s downgrades the rating of 12 UK institutions, including Lloyds and RBS. Meanwhile the sovereign ratings of Italy and Spain slide downwards as the eurozone crisis deepens.
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Cameron threatens benefit cut for truants’ parents
Parents whose children play truant risk having their benefits cut, the prime minister warns as he launches a tough approach in education.
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Common drugs risking ‘elderly people’s health’
Side effects of common drugs could increase the risk of decline and death for older people, research suggests. A charity tells Channel 4 News more training on the health needs of the elderly is key.
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Free Schools: revolution or retreat?
FactCheck reveals that just eight Free Schools in England have the final go-ahead to open in September 2011, with a further 16 awaiting funding approval. Will poorer students benefit as planned? FactCheck investigates the schools set to open.
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Swansea marks return to top flight with victory parade
Crowds gather in the South Wales city to cheer on the team that has completed a remarkable decade-long comeback by becoming the first Welsh team to make it into the Premier League.
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Local elections: Hidden hope for the Lib Dems?
A bad night in the local elections for the Lib Dems, but political analyst Lewis Baston finds a glimmer of hope for Nick Clegg and his party in the electoral mathematics.
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LIVE BLOG: Budget 2011 – as it happened plus analysis
Chancellor George Osborne delivers Budget 2011 and a fuel duty “bombshell”. Follow reaction and analysis, plus video and comments from the #c4Budget Twitter panel.
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Budget 2011: what to watch out for
It’s Chancellor George Osborne’s first full Budget. But as the Government tries to balance growth with the “age of austerity”, what will it deliver? Channel 4 News speaks to the experts.
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Petrol price hits record high
The price of petrol has hit a record high averaging 121.76p per litre. Channel 4 News has been speaking to a rural businessman about the crippling effect of soaring fuel costs.
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FactCheck: students turn against the Lib Dems
FactCheck analyses how important the student vote is to the Liberal Democrats
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Wave of Catholic unity for penitent Pope
Say what you will, they’ve certainly been lucky with the weather where Hyde Park’s doing a good job of living up to still, sunny, Bellahouston Park, in Glasgow, on Thursday.