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MPs insist the neediest will still get free or subsidised legal help, but that the £2bn spent annually on legal aid has got to be cut. Will civil cases receive the legal aid they need and deserve? FactCheck investigates.
So-called “payday loans” are facing increasing criticism from campaigners for their uncapped interest rates and ease of access but what are the alternatives? Channel 4 News investigates.
As David Cameron trades blows with other European leaders over a financial transactions tax, Channel 4 News asks if the City should be protected.
‘Merkozy’ will formally propose their plan to the European Council on Friday. But under what circumstances could any treaty changes to the European Union trigger a UK referendum? FactCheck investigates.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg outlines his flagship £1bn youth jobs programme. But will it work and is it any different to previous schemes? Channel 4 News FactCheck investigates.
Prime Minister David Cameron uses his keynote speech to the Conservative conference to pledge a return of right to buy, tax breaks for married couples, and the legalisation of gay marriage.
Channel 4 News learns union bosses are calling for a campaign of civil disobedience and sit-ins as well as strikes over the spending cuts, with one leader saying he is “prepared to go to jail”.
As leaders of the world convene in New York for the UN’s annual assembly, Jamie has thrown his Food Revolution under their noses. But is he right that obesity kills more than under-nutrition? FactCheck investigates.
Latest updates, pictures and video from the Liberal Democrat autumn conference in Birmingham.
Gary Gibbon
The Q and A session on the NHS reforms is a lot better for the leadership than the full-scale debate and vote that a majority of delegates wanted but can’t have (they couldn’t quite get the two thirds majority rules required). But even the Q and A is trickier than the leadership imagined when it was put in the original agenda.
Defence Secretary Liam Fox gives strong support to the defence industry at the opening of the UK’s DSEi arms fair, which includes delegates from Bahrain.
Nadine Dorries’ latest charge is that the British Pregnancy Advisory Service’s (Bpas) central London clinic only has an hour a week that it dedicates to counselling sessions. And if you can’t make that session at London’s “largest” Bpas clinic, or if it’s booked, you’ll be unceremoniously packed off to their Richmond clinic. Is she right? FactCheck investigates.
As Libya’s National Transitional Council moves to Tripoli to attempt to restore normality, the African Union has refused to recognise the new government in a sign of support for Colonel Gaddafi.
Libya’s rebel fighters break inside Colonel Gaddafi’s fortified compound as street battles continue in Tripoli. For latest video and updates from Channel 4 News on the ground follow the live blog.
David Cameron’s been accused of making the wrong decision when he allowed the increasingly expensive aircraft carrier procurement programme to go ahead. FactCheck navigates the choppy waters of defence spending.