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Cutsmap – show us the spending cuts
Channel 4 News is creating a crowd-sourced map of spending cuts in the UK. Show us cuts you’ve seen online or tweet them to #c4cuts.
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Could councils sell land to fill budget holes?
Local councils are facing tough budget cuts. But could they sell off some of their 11,000 acres of land to cope? Channel 4’s Dispatches investigates how much land your local council owns.
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Councils in a Pickle over cuts?
Eric Pickles targets council waste, claiming local authorities can protect front line services by slashing senior salaries and sharing back-office services. Cathy Newman digs in.
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Council staff volunteer for pay cuts
Council staff are opting for pay cuts to save their jobs as town halls implement the biggest budget reductions since the Second World War, writes Political Correspondent Cathy Newman.
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Clegg: Councils can cut spending without hitting services
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has defended cuts to local Government budgets by pointing to authorities that have protected services.
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Call for Cameron to introduce vouchers
An influential centre-right think tank tells Channel 4 News that David Cameron’s reforms of public services should include vouchers for people to spend at hospitals and schools.
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‘Let private companies run public services’ – David Cameron
Prime Minister David Cameron says most public services could be run by private firms, charities and voluntary groups – a move denounced by unions as “classic nasty party stuff”.
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Big Society ‘hit by spending cuts for charities’
One of the founders of the Big Society concept tells Channel 4 News that its image is being damaged by public spending cuts.
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So what does the Big Society mean to you?
Critics have said the Big Society is a vague term voters won’t understand. So Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked people to tweet in what the Big Society meant to them. We list just some of the tweets here.
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Cameron denies Big Society is ‘cover’ for spending cuts
David Cameron tries to relaunch his “Big Society” idea again – but can he escape the accusation it’s just a figleaf for cuts? Channel 4 News asks what does it all mean to you?
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Liberal Democrat councillors attack cuts
More than 80 Liberal Democrat councillors attack the Government over local spending cuts – but an expert tells Channel 4 News the cuts are not unreasonable.
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Manchester austerity cuts to hit frontline services
Leisure centres, libraries, swimming pools and public toilets are set to close across Manchester as part of the city council’s bid to make savings of nearly £110m this financial year.
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Domestic violence services face funding cuts
Exclusive: More than half of domestic violence services across the country do not know if they will be able to remain fully open after March due to funding cuts, Channel 4 News learns.
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Council plans to heat pool from crematorium
A council’s proposal to heat a new swimming pool using waste energy from a crematorium has landed them in hot water, writes Science Correspondent Tom Clarke
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CutsCheck: police cuts worse than expected
CutsCheck analyses whether police cuts announced this week by the Home Office are worse than individual force had been expecting.