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Why half of us are struggling with our finances
More than half of people in the UK are finding it hard to stay on top of their bills and credit agreements, in another sign that the economic downturn has taken its toll on household finances.
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Is entrepreneurship the answer for young people?
With youth unemployment at high levels, a third of people under 30 say they expect to become their own boss one day.
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UK migration figures based on ‘random’ interviews
Official migration statistics are “not fit for purpose” and “little better than a best guess”, a scathing report says, with one critic claiming Disney World does better on counting people.
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Minister says companies have duty to hire Britons
UK companies have a “social duty” to hire young British workers rather than better-qualified immigrants, a government minister says.
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FactCheck: Black mark for Labour on primary school places
Parents are in for a “summer of worry”, says Labour, because this September there will be a shortfall of 120,000 primary school places. FactCheck gets out its red pen.
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‘Unfair’ policies hit people in the country, say MPs
It’s not all green and pleasant: infrastructure in the countryside can be worse, mobile phones don’t work, the bedroom tax hits harder, and houses can be more expensive, according to a report by MPs.
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FactCheck: why we haven’t cracked the university problem yet
More students than ever from the poorest backgrounds are applying to university, according to Ucas. But that’s not the whole story, as FactCheck finds out.
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Gordon Brown on Malala: ‘No-one will believe Taliban’
“Nobody’s going to believe a word the Taliban say until they stop bombing the schools and killing the teachers,” Gordon Brown tells Channel 4 News in reaction to a Taliban letter to Malala Yousafzai.
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Exclusive: ‘Dear Malala… from the Taliban’
Channel 4 News sees a copy of a letter sent to Malala Yousafzai from a senior Taliban commander berating her “smear campaign” against them – but expressing some remorse about the attack.
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Can flowers really hide Italy’s race problem?
With the MP who racially abused Italy’s first black cabinet minister promising he will send her flowers to apologise, Channel 4 News looks at the wider issues surrounding racism in Italy.
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A week in the murder capital of the world
The city of San Pedro Sula in Honduras is reported to be the most dangerous place on earth outside conflict zones – with three murders every day. Filmmaker Guillermo Galdos reports for Channel 4 News.
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Hot or not: is UK sunny spell beating world hotspots?
Meteorologists have predicted that the hot weather the UK is currently basking in will continue until the school holidays – but how does the UK heat wave compare with the rest of the world?
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Ban packed lunches, headteachers told
School dinners are much better for pupils than packed lunches, which should be banned by headmasters – the message of a new government-commissioned report.
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FactCheck: who runs the country?
Will we get a “parliament of toffs” if we refuse to pay MPs more? Or perhaps the rich already dominate the House of Commons… How much do we really know about the background of the people who represent us?
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Community rebuilds after ‘Islamophobic’ arson attack
The arson attack on the al-Rahma community centre in north London – blamed on the EDL – has left local Somalis and their children deeply affected. Will the area and its people ever recover?