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Welfare – caps and traps
One former Labour cabinet minister said he’d be looking very carefully tonight at the size and make-up of Labour’s rebellion on the welfare trap (sorry, “cap”) devised by George Osborne.
One former Labour cabinet minister said he’d be looking very carefully tonight at the size and make-up of Labour’s rebellion on the welfare trap (sorry, “cap”) devised by George Osborne.
What does an association agreement actually mean if Russia can annex part of a country that nearly got one four months ago?
The truth is the bulk of EU countries didn’t have the appetite to risk their own economic well-being in punishing Russia. And we are still in phase two of a three phase process.
There are “indications” that Russia may be planning a military intervention in the south and east of Ukraine, Kiev’s ambassador to the United Nations warns.
This is a fiscally neutral budget of slight readjustments, rather than a major economic moment.
Chancellor George Osborne is heralding Britain’s economic recovery. But can you feel it? Latest analysis and video in our budget 2014 live blog.
I am troubled by the whole press pool concept. The media is inadvertently conspiring with politicians and their spin doctors to make them look good and allow them to evade questions.
They were once the political world’s greatest rivals. Now, Tony Blair and David Cameron are to join the negotiating table for a different kind of peace.
David Cameron was at pains to get the Swedes onside when he announced his referendum plan last year. So, why do they still have ‘no idea’ what it is?
Less than a year ago, some report that Ed Miliband was ready to press the button and sign up to an in/out referendum. He was pulled back by Douglas Alexander.
A future Labour government would not hold an in/out referendum on EU membership unless there are moves to transfer fresh powers to Brussels, Ed Miliband says.
David Cameron is pushing for the UN to set up an international, independent inquiry into war crimes and human rights abuses allegedly carried out by the Sri Lankan military.
The EU has announced an escalating scale of punishments contingent on Russia’s behaviour. But as it escalates, it gets less specific.
Here at Channel 4 News we try hard to keep the plight of people in the Central Africa Republic on the radar – and Monday’s UN report makes for sobering reading.
Crimea is seen in Whitehall as something President Putin is not going to be prised out of – it is up to him whether he chooses to annex it.