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1,500 ‘rogue’ landlords in England
There are nearly 1,500 “rogue” landlords in England, research by the housing charity Shelter shows.
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British economy faces ‘heightened risk’ – IMF chief
The head of the International Monetary Fund warns that Britain must be ready to respond to the sluggish global recovery.
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Exclusive: 90 per cent of councils slashing bus subsidies
Most English local authorities are cutting subsidies to unprofitable bus routes in a move that threatens to leave pensioners out in the cold, Channel 4 News learns.
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Lancashire council scraps rubbish collection
People in some rural parts of a Lancashire borough now have to remove their own rubbish, as the council tries to save money on bin rounds.
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Dog-eat-dog world of charity funding
Why do some charities rely on government funding when others manage without? Channel 4 News speaks to organisations threatened with closure and charities which survive on public donations.
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Benefits cap ‘could make 40,000 families homeless’
A top-level leak reveals deep concerns over Treasury plans to limit total household benefits to £500 a week. Ministers fear the move could force tens of thousands of people out of their homes.
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Libraries latest battleground in legal fight against cuts
A leading public interest lawyer tells Channel 4 News the Government should expect more legal challenges against spending cuts, following a court battle over library closures in Gloucestershire.
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Disabled campaign group threatens to sue Government
The latest in a string of potential legal challenges to Government public spending cuts comes from the campaign group Disability Alliance.
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A Cut Back, by Carol Ann Duffy
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, reads to Channel 4 News her poem “A Cut Back”, capturing her anger at the decision to cut all public funding to the Poetry Book Society.
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Carol Ann Duffy protests over Poetry Book Society cuts
The poet laureate says the decision to cut all public funding to the Poetry Book Society is disastrous. But are these traditional institutions still neccessary or is the art simply evolving?
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Raoul Moat hero PC weighs into police cuts row
The policeman blinded in a shotgun attack by Raoul Moat makes a dramatic intervention into the debate on police cuts. Theresa May says she is doing everything she can to protect frontline jobs.
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Disabled people protest against cuts
Around 8,000 disabled people have taken to the streets in London to protest against cuts to services and benefits. Channel 4 News hears why.
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British GDP grows by 0.5 per cent
Britain’s economy has recovered by just 0.5 per cent at the start of 2011, undermined by a big drop in construction, and Labour has seized upon the results to criticise Chancellor George Osborne.
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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.