Gary Gibbon
Operation ‘get up Tory noses’
First it was Norman Baker serving under Theresa May at the Home Office. Now Simon Hughes has been offered a job in the Justice Department that he just couldn’t refuse.
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Lib Dem crisis: interview with Simon Hughes
The Lib Dem deputy leader Simon Hughes tells Channel 4 News the party needs to know “if there have been other people who haven’t come forward”.
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Phillip Hughes mourned by friends and family at funeral
Australia captain Michael Clarke breaks down in tears as cricket fans gather from across Australia to mourn the death of batsman Phillip Hughes.
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Lansley must go, says Hughes
David Cameron’s defence of Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s position suffered a set back after the Liberal Democrat’s deputy leader demanded his removal.
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Ted Hughes memorial marks poetic evolution
As the former Poet laureate Ted Hughes is honoured with a new plaque in Westminster Abbey, Felicity Spector asks whether poetry is undergoing something of a renaissance.
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Lib Dem Hughes promotes coalition tuition plans
Senior Liberal Democrat Simon Hughes, who abstained in the tuition fees vote, tells Channel 4 News why he accepted a government post encouraging poor students to attend university.
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Gary Gibbon
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Coalition cracks appear over housing benefits cuts
Simon Hughes, the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, signals cracks in the coalition as he tells Channel 4 News housing benefit cuts will not get through parliament.
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Gary Gibbon
Cable felt new deputy leader better for Lib Dems
Business Secretary Vince Cable decided the Lib Dems needed Simon Hughes as deputy leader and that it was healthier and better for the party’s soul in the challenges ahead.
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Gary Gibbon
Are the Lib Dems shifting closer to Charles Kennedy’s ideal of the party?
Charles Kennedy’s distinctive stance on his own party’s positioning may be about to undergo a revival.
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Tory and SNP landslide as Lib Dems and Labour take huge hit
Tories outperform election expectations, Mr Cameron may be able to govern without coalition partners – at the head of a minority administration or with a wafer-thin overall majority.
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Nick Clegg resigns as Lib Dem vote collapses
Nick Clegg resigns as party leader as senior Lib Dem figures including Vince Cable, Danny Alexander, Ed Davey and Charles Kennedy also lose seats.
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Victoria Macdonald
The parents waiting two years to find out why their babies died
A Channel 4 News investigation has found that parents whose babies die at birth, or shortly after, are being denied inquests to find out what happened.
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Government majority cut in ‘bedroom tax’ debate
The coalition government sees its majority reduced to 26 in an opposition debate on the so-called “bedroom tax”, as Liberal Democrat MPs voice their disquiet over the controversial policy.
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More sexual impropriety claims against Lord Rennard
Two more women have contacted Channel 4 News with claims of sexual impropriety by Lord Rennard. But the former Lib Dem chief executive strongly denies them.
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FactCheck: Why Danny Alexander won’t cure our tax haven habit
Why can’t we call the corporate bluff and exclude all companies who have a presence in a tax haven from public contracts?
