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NHS in London at ‘breaking point’
London’s hospitals are at breaking point and will be unable to cope with the needs of the population by 2020, according to top healthcare professionals.
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Hammond hits back after claims of £2bn underspend at MoD
The Defence Secretary says critics who claim he is making “overzealous” spending cuts have no idea how the Ministry of Defence budget works.
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Chemicals inspectors win Nobel peace prize
Inspectors overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemicals weapons in the midst of civil war win the Nobel peace prize.
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FactCheck: Will the new immigration bill reduce illegal immigration?
Illegal migrants face a new crackdown in Britain says Home Secretary Theresa May, but will the new Immigration Bill actually reduce the number of migrants?
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US shutdown: no compromise from Tea Party
As the US government shutdown continues Sarah Smith looks at the reaction from the people who want to shut the federal government altogether – the Tea Party movement.
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National Crime Agency: ‘No-one will be beyond the reach’
A new agency to focus on fighting organised crime, child protection, border policing and cybercrime has warned that it will relentlessly pursue criminals.
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Ministers want to stop NHS pay rises
The Department of Health says it wants to call a halt to NHS pay rises for all 1.3m staff across the UK, prompting anger from unions.
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US shutdown: Obama ‘will not negotiate with extremists’
Barack Obama tells Republicans he will not negotiate with an “extremist wing” of US congress to end the political stalemate, as the shutdown of federal government enters its third day.
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‘Victims’ of the US shutdown: from goats to the KKK
It is not just 800,000 federal employees who are suffering in the US government shutdown. As state-run institutions shut up shop, everyone, from goats to the Ku Klux Klan, has been affected.
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Tesco profit drops by a quarter
Supermarket giant Tesco has revealed a fall in pre-tax profits for the first half of its financial year of 24.5 per cent – a fall of £430m.
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Congress in crisis: US government shutdown continues
Efforts to end the US government “shutdown”, including a proposal from Republicans that would see some parts of state machinery restored, have failed as the political impasse continues.
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George Osborne’s new do – the hair to Blair?
In conversation with Gary Gibbon – George Osborne tells Channel 4 News what his hair reveals about his economic policy and how the Tories “never really dealt” with Tony Blair as a political opponent.
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Jeremy Hunt vows Tories will give CQC ‘teeth’
Jeremy Hunt announces the Conservatives will give the Care Quality Commission “teeth” to investigate any hospital or trust, without needing state permission, in the wake of the Mid Staffs scandal.
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Irish students take to the streets to protest against cuts
Austerity kids: young people in Ireland are demonstrating against education cuts and rising student fees. One student on the march tells Channel 4 News about the “mental strain” of having no money.
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Obama says small faction caused shutdown
President Barack Obama attacks a “small faction” of the Republican party for not agreeing a budget and causing the United States government to shut down.