Gary Gibbon
Vince, Matthew, Craig and Brian
In the course of his evidence to the Leveson inquiry, Vince Cable has come across his own “adviser problem” – even if it’s of a very different order to the one faced by Jeremy Hunt.
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Hunt’s sympathy for ‘pushy’ News Corp
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt gives the Leveson inquiry into media ethics an insight into the level of pressure exerted on his department by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.
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Gary Gibbon
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Cable tells of ‘veiled threats’ over BSkyB takeover
Business secretary Vince Cable tells the Leveson Inquiry of ‘veiled threats’ against his party if he made the ‘wrong decision’ over News Corporation’s bid to takeover BSkyB.
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Minimum wage freeze for 16 to 20-year-olds
Vince Cable announces a freeze of the minimum wage for 16 to 20-year-olds, and a rise in the adult rate from October. Channel 4 News hears the move could “exacerbate generational inequalities”.
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Options for improving Britain’s roads
As David Cameron raises the prospect of the privatisation of the roads network, Channel 4 News looks at the government’s options for improving Britain’s infrastructure.
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Faisal Islam
Good news for Merseyside jobs – and for Michael Heseltine’s legacy
Lord Heseltine received the freedom of the City of Liverpool, on the day that the creation of thousands of jobs was announced. But all the main political parties seem to be fighting over the Heseltine inheritance of industrial activism.
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Business secretary Cable launches new attack on banks
Banks are “imperilling” Britain’s economic recovery by trapping thousands of firms in a “valley of death”, says Business Secretary Vince Cable.
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Gary Gibbon
‘Painful, continuing and unresolved’ – Osborne’s Budget options
Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs on the Chancellor’s Budget options – will he scrap the 50p tax rate and make changes to his plans to scrap child benefit for 40p taxpayers?
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Can we pin our hopes on the auto industry?
Nissan announces a massive boost to the economy by creating 2,000 new jobs in the UK – but can car manufacturing lead the way to economic recovery?
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Coalition could scrap 50p tax rate
Business Secretary Vince Cable confirms to Channel 4 News that the Liberal Democrats are pushing for a shift in this month’s budget away from the 50p tax rate and towards a “mansion tax”.
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New Nissan car ‘will create 2,000 UK jobs’
Car giant Nissan announces plans to invest £125m in building a new model at a plant in Sunderland, creating 2,000 new jobs. The car will compete with the VW Polo and the Ford Fiesta.
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Gary Gibbon
Les Ebdon job shows Vince’s enhanced power
Gary Gibbon suggests the demise of Chris Huhne has enhanced the power of one of the last Lib Dem big beasts Vince Cable – and that he knows it.
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Cable unveils plans to curb executive pay
The business secretary announces proposals to give shareholders more power and increase transparency in executive pay. But a policy expert tells Channel 4 News the plans don’t go far enough.
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Gary Gibbon
Cameron must manage eurosceptic expectations
David Cameron should enjoy his moment of acclamation from his backbenchers on Monday because it is going to be extremely difficult to give them another such moment for the lifetime of this parliament.
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Gary Gibbon
Did Cameron get what he wanted from Beecroft lite?
Have the LibDems frustrated Tory plans for a slimmed-down employment regime? Political Editor Gary Gibbon reports.
