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Britain will become a “darker, brutish and more frightening place” as the government’s sweeping spending cuts take effect, the TUC leader Brendan Barber has warned.
Samira Ahmed reports for Channel 4 News on her home constituency of Richmond Park, south west London, where the campaign has centred on a certain non-dom Tory candidate.
Gary Gibbon
David Cameron believes that one of the high points of his leadership has been the “Flying Squad”/”Get Carter” way he dealt with Tory MPs’ expenses. He and his team believe this has won him points for “getting it” when it comes to the public distrust of politicians. Can he really afford to risk this right…
So the cross-party crossfire on spending and deficits continues. It is remarkable that the actual underlying figures in this spat are totally unchanged from the figures we first reported on the day of the Budget itself. But there clearly is a problem to be solved, and the political process seems to be shedding more heat…
Gary Gibbon
The reshuffle has resumed! No, not the Cabinet – that’s fixed, for now. It’s the junior ranks. Some scope here for another walkout or two… but not any household names. Gordon Brown’s first response to the abysmal results last night is to shore up support on the left of the parliamentary party. They – most…
In scrapping the HMS Ark Royal, the UK is giving up membership of a global club with just one remaining member – nations with top-of-the-range aircraft carriers, writes expert Dr Lee Willett.
Six members of the Kua family including a mother and a child aged two were killed in a house fire in north west London earlier today. Police have said they are not treating the fire as suspicious.
MPs warn that cuts to Britain’s stretched Armed Forces may leave them unable to deal with the unexpected, reducing the Government’s future defence strategy to little more than a “wish list”.
The head of the Royal Navy warns the fleet will not be able to continue its current scale of operations beyond the summer, as the US House of Representatives votes to prohibit funding of the conflict.
Liam Fox tells Channel 4 News “we have the capability to project air power abroad and protect UK interests at very short notice” as questions are raised over the cost of the Libya airstrikes.
The Libyan conflict has exposed the gaping hole left by Government cuts to Britain’s sea-based air power, former senior Navy officers tell Channel 4 News.
In the face of Gaddafi’s continuing defiance in Libya, defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones writes for Channel 4 News on the weaponry gathering to enforce the No-Fly Zone.
Former military chiefs heavily criticise the Government over planned defence cuts, saying they will seriously effect UK naval capabilities.
As the Government is accused of a U-turn on plans to make the military covenant law, the British Legion tells Channel 4 News it will be very harmful for morale and could hit recruitment.
The Harrier jet makes its final flight – from RAF Cottesmore in Rutland. But the plane’s early retirement as a result of defence spending cuts remains controversial, writes Carl Dinnen.