Faisal Islam
To the left, the economic spoils of the Olympic Games
Economics Editor Faisal Islam blogs on the economic hangover of the Olympic Games.
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Do you know who runs your world?
Desperate to cut costs, the NHS, police and councils are outsourcing more work to private firms. In the first of a special series, Channel 4 News asks if saving money means losing transparency?
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Everything must go: London 2012 sell-off begins
When the Olympics have lept their final hurdle, what do you do with all the kit? With the athletes now gone, the big London 2012 sell-off begins with flags, costumes and sports equipment up for grabs.
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The best Games ever? Nyet, Nein, no hoper, mate!
Resigned to transport chaos, security threats and eye-bleeding budget overruns, Britons basked in praise for hosting what the IOC called “the best Olympic Games ever”. But do foreigners agree?
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Mitt Romney picks Ryan as running mate
US presidential candidate Mitt Romney picks Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman, as his running mate for November’s election.
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Children ‘loaning money to their parents’
Children as young as eight loan their pocket money to their cash-strapped parents, a study reveals.
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FactCheck: Boris wrong on apprentices
Apprenticeships went up by 75 per cent in London from 2005/06 to 2010/11 for under-19s and by nearly 30,000 per cent for over-25s.
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FactCheck: how good a sport is the PM?
David Cameron says £1bn is being spent on sports in schools. FactCheck’s looked, but we can’t find it.
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FactCheck: Boris’s police promise unzipped
“So Boris has failed to honour one of his manifesto promises, and he’s missed by more than 700 bobbies, according to these statistics.”
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Nasa’s Curiosity rover successfully lands on Mars
Nasa’s Curiosity rover has beamed back its first images of the red planet after it landed successfully on Mars. President Obama has hailed the mission as an “unprecedented feat of technology”.
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Running a car ‘biggest financial worry’: survey
Most motorists says running a car is their biggest financial concern, according to a survey by Auto Trader.
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Retail insolvencies up 10 per cent
The number of retailers to fall into insolvency rose to 426 in the second quarter of 2012, up from 386 in the previous year, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers survey.
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FactCheck Q&A: London 2012 special
“How many medals will we win? This one’s a bit easier. The answer’s 62. Fact.”
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Gary Gibbon
Romney gaffe machine in Olympic overdrive
There’s real concern amongst some Whitehall sources about what is seen as a lack of foreign policy awareness in the Romney team. Mitt Romney has said Russia is the US’s “number one geopolitical foe”.
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Can one business showcase bring in £1bn to UK plc?
As UK politicians wine and dine a gold-plated guest list from the world of business at a pre-Olympic trade summit, Channel 4 News asks how likely it is to boost the British economy by £1bn.
