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US police ‘maced peaceful protesters’ in New York
Demonstrators taking part in the “Occupy Wall Street” campaign against corporate greed accuse New York police of heavy-handed tactics, including the use of mace spray.
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In conversation with – Michael Gove
Many see Education Secretary Michael Gove as a traditionalist. Why then has he got a picture of Lenin in his office? And where next for the Conservative dream?
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Government to unveil NHS bill changes
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is expected to set out a significant rewrite of his NHS reforms after an independent review found “genuine and deep-seated concerns” about the plans.
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Cameron declares war on ‘enemies of enterprise’
The way forward for Britain is to tackle the “enemies of enterprise”, David Cameron tells the Conservative Spring Forum in Cardiff. But do the country’s small business entrepreneurs agree with him?
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Public Health White Paper published
The Government will publish its Public Health White Paper later today, but it will not include strategies on food, obesity, alcohol and tobacco, writes Social Affairs Correspondent Victoria Macdonald.
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Duncan Smith unveils welfare reforms
In a White Paper published today, the Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, sets out his plans to cut Britain’s £192 billion benefits bill and unveil the new universal credit.
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Lessons to be learned from a ‘difficult week’
As David Cameron defends spending cuts in his keynote speech to the Conservative party conference, Gaby Hinsliff looks at what the prime minister can learn from his party and his predecessors.
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LIVE BLOG: follow #c4news 6 October 2010
Channel 4 News blogs on David Cameron’s speech to the Conservative conference, the sale of Liverpool Football Club and a new Ted Hughes poem that gives insight into the death of Sylvia Plath.
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Cameron: your country needs you
David Cameron tells the Conservative conference: there is no alternative to big spending cuts and it takes two to cut the deficit.
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LIVE BLOG: David Cameron’s speech
Join the debate as Prime Minister David Cameron delivers his keynote speech at the Conservative party conference, where he is expected to defend child benefit changes.
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David Cameron defends child benefit cut
As David Cameron prepares to tell the Conservative conference that spending measures will not be easy, an expert tells Channel 4 News why the prime minister’s speech must relate to ordinary people.
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Cameron defends child benefit cuts
Speaking to Jon Snow, David Cameron defends plans to cut child benefit for higher-rate tax payers, and insists that no one in his team is unsackable, including his communications chief, Andy Coulson.
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Labour: child benefit plan unravelling
The Labour party says the Government’s policy on child benefits is “unravelling” after a top minister yesterday told Channel 4 News the plans might need revising.
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LIVE BLOG: join us on #c4news at 7pm, Tues 5 Oct
On #c4news tonight, exclusive video showing the death of an army officer in Afghanistan and we reveal figures showing that care homes’ budgets will cut by 11 per cent next year. Join the live blog.
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LIVE BLOG: George Osborne’s speech
Join the debate as Chancellor George Osborne delivers his keynote speech at the Conservative party conference, after revealing plans to scrap child benefits for higher earners.