Government U-turns: positive or destructive?
The Coalition’s u-turns show they will listen to the public – or are they a sign of a Government being shoved off course, asks Gary Gibbon.
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The Coalition’s u-turns show they will listen to the public – or are they a sign of a Government being shoved off course, asks Gary Gibbon.
Environment Minister Caroline Spelman admits: “I’m sorry, we got this wrong” over the forest sell-off. Gaby Hinsliff says the Government has to be prepared to be unpopular on some policies.
David Cameron has conceded that he is dissatisfied with Government plans to sell off England’s public forests, in a surprise admission at Prime Minister’s Question Time.
The planned sale of some of England’s publicly owned forests is being put on hold – but campaigners say it is not the climbdown they are looking for.
I caused a minor stir with some viewers on Sunday night’s programme when I threw in a reference to the “Conservative-led coalition” prompting a brief debate on twitter which, unusually, has changed my mind about the use of the phrase .
As the government prepares to publish its plans to sell off some of England’s forests, it insists ancient woodland will be protected. Channel 4 News’ Julian Rush finds campaigners are not convinced.
What has been called a ‘modest’ climate change deal has been agreed by nearly 200 nations at a UN conference in Mexico. But there were objections from Bolivia who said the deal did not go far enough.
Two Brits are among 29 men trapped by an explosion in a New Zealand mine. An expert tells Channel 4 News the risk of another gas blast makes it hard to tell when a rescue attempt could be made.
Former US Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has launched a new reality television show. The first episode of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” was shown on Sunday night – our own Sarah Smith takes a look.
International Editor Lindsey Hilsum on the grim reality of what lies behind today’s report on genocide in the Congo.
As a new UN report into the most appalling atrocities committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo is released, Lindsey Hilsum looks into the details of “the worst war in the world”.
Today, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda is in London to deliver the Annual Oppenheimer lecture at the IISS. It’s a sign of international respect for a leader who has spearheaded 15 years of development and economic growth, and is seen by the British and US governments as a model for the rest of Africa. His…
A leaked UN report accuses Rwanda of committing genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the 1990s. Rwandan President Paul Kagame tells Lindsey Hilsum the allegations are “absurd”.
After months of hype the Copenhagen climate change summit took place in December 2009 but resulted not in a binding deal between the world’s leaders, but an “accord”.
Science Correspondent Tom Clarke reports from the Canadian Arctic, where scientists are investigating ocean acidification – one of the least publicised but most worrying effects of climate change.