Gary Gibbon
Bloody scenes at Battle of the Inquiry
Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs about the government’s plans for a banking inquiry
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FactCheck: Divorce, bank accounts and Balls
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls claims we’re more likely to be divorced than to change our bank accounts. FactCheck investigates whether we really love our banks more than our partners.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Cost of living mission kills off 3p fuel duty rise
The government has announced a fuel duty freeze: but was it really their idea, or Labour’s – and why now?
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Eurozone crisis ‘killing off’ UK recovery, says Osborne
Uncertainty about the future of the eurozone is killing off a UK economic recovery already threatened by high oil prices and Britain’s debt burden, says the Chancellor George Osborne.
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Chill out – the PM taking a break is good for us
He is in charge of the UK at one of the toughest times in recent history, yet he likes to wind down whenever he can. Is David Cameron’s tendency to “chillax” good for him – and the country?
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Gary Gibbon
Labour on the march? Or Tories staying at home?
Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon analyses the local election results.
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Factcheck Q&A: The budget 2012
“It’s such a huge shortfall that both sides have only just stopped short of accusing each other of cooking the books.”
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What would happen if Britain lost its AAA status?
Moody’s has put Britain’s coveted AAA rating on negative outlook, making a downgrade more likely. What effect would this have on the country?
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Miliband defends policy on public sector pay
After being attacked by the Unite union for supporting the government’s public sector pay cap, Ed Miliband tells Channel 4 News his priority is jobs and services.
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Ed Miliband fights back: ‘bring it on’
Ed Miliband hits back at critics of his leadership, insisting that he relishes the fight to restore public confidence in Labour and has a “very clear plan” for the party.
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FactCheck: The biggest porkies of 2011
The biggest political porkies of 2011: Channel 4 News’ FactCheck team run through the dodgiest politics claims of the year.
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Gary Gibbon
A whiff of class warfare as MPs debate the strike
Political Editor Gary Gibbon on the regional variations of the public sector pension strike as MPs resort to what seems very much like old-fashioned class warfare in the Commons.
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FactCheck: It’s not all bad news on the economy
“The bad news for Mr Balls is that the OECD specifically praises coalition policy on cutting the deficit and keeping borrowing rates low in helping to create the right conditions for that recovery.”
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FactCheck: Tories vs Labour on government borrowing
A little Twitter spat popped up during Prime Minister’s Questions today between Ed Balls’ right hand man and the Conservative Press Headquarters. Both repeated well-worn mantras from their parties, prompting FactCheck to wonder if there was anything new to note.
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Record inflation rise piles pressure on
With inflation rising to match record highs, Channel 4 News looks at the effect on the economy and consumer and considers if there are any reasons to be cheerful.
