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The press boys are back in town
Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs on the implications of Andrew Mitchell’s resignation and what it says about the balance of power at the top.
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We take a look back at the lowlights of 2012 with damned lies and statistics coming thick and fast from across the political spectrum.
The allegation that a serving police officer fabricated evidence relating to the Andrew Mitchell “plebgate” row prompts calls for a full and independent investigation into the case.
The PM claims he’s given tax collectors an extra £900m. All well and good, but FactCheck finds he’s actually taken more away.
Hardly a month goes by before someone asks for another public inquiry. Channel 4 News asks: what’s the point?
The background The government launched the Work Programme in June last year, calling it the biggest welfare-to-work initiative in UK history. Is it working? With more than 2.5 million people unemployed, there’s a huge amount riding on that question. And the government now says it wants to export the same kind of model – outsourcing…
Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs on the implications of Andrew Mitchell’s resignation and what it says about the balance of power at the top.
Exclusive: Boris Johnson must settle down and deliver if he wants to be prime minister – so says Ken Clarke, in conversation with Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
Even if the government did absolutely nothing to help them, a certain percentage of people would find work off their own bat. The Work Programme can only be said to be “working” – or having any effect at all – if providers are doing better than this “non-intervention” rate.
The House of Lords reform bill is published amid threats of a rebellion from Conservative MPs worried that the supremacy of the Commons could be threatened.
Prime minister David Cameron signals a new welfare crackdown which could see thousands of young people stripped of housing benefit and forced to live with their parents.
David Cameron gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media standards about his alleged “closeness” to members of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. Add your voice.
David Cameron gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media ethics.
The American networks have been curtseying to her majesty all weekend. The royalty of US television, the anchormen and women, have set up camp outside Buckingham Palace to gush about monarchy, marvel at the ceremonials and cringe about the weather.
A former senior aide to the Queen has suggested she should record her memories of the extraordinary experiences of her long reign, and the lessons from this, in a broadcast interview, or a series of interviews writes Michael Crick.
Europe’s governments and banks prepare the ground for a possible Greek exit of the euro, as politicians in Greece try to maintain the country’s position in the single currency.