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Tory whistleblowers accuse Conservatives of ‘huge betrayal’ of electorate over expenses
Two members of a Conservative campaigning “hit squad” in the 2015 election tell Channel 4 News the party “cheated” by not properly declaring its election spending.
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Working to prevent the death of live music venues
Whether it is rock, pop, jazz or classical – noise complaints, license restrictions and business rates are causing hard times or even closure for many live music venues. Now a group have organised to provide a comprehensive snapshot of live music in every sort of venue – from grassroots to top-flight professionals.
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Prison debate with Kate Paradine
Joining us is Kate Paradine, Chief Executive of Women in Prison, who provide support for women who are, or have been, in prison.
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Scott Pruitt says CO2 not primary contributor to global warming
Donald Trump’s new head of the Environmental Protection Agency has said that he doesn’t agree that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming.
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New war memorial unveiled
Veterans of the Gulf War, the Iraq invasion and the long, grinding war in Afghanistan gathered in London this morning to watch the unveiling of a new memorial.
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Budget discussion: Stephen McPartland MP and Torsten Bell
Joining us from his constituency in Stevenage, the Conservative MP Stephen McPartland and here in the studio Torsten Bell from the Resolution Foundation.
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The crisis in women’s prisons
As the crisis in our jails deepens – a mother breaks her silence for the first time to talk about how prison failed to prevent her mentally ill daughter from taking her own life.
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Budget backlash over National Insurance increase
The Chancellor fends off a furious backlash from his own backbenches, the media and voters after breaking his party’s pre-election pledge not to raise national insurance – no matter how sensible the measure itself might be. Fatima Manji reports.
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Institute of Fiscal Studies on Budget measures
The Institute of Fiscal Studies comes out in support of the plan to raise national insurance contributions for some self-employed workers. It said the government HAD broken its manifesto pledge, but had been foolish ever to promise not to raise the tax in the first place. Helia Ebrahimi reports.
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Channel 4 News headlines: Thu 9 Mar
Two Tory whistleblowers claim the Conservative Party “cheated” on their expenses during the 2015 general election.
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Prime Minister May under pressure
Our Political Editor Gary Gibbon joins us from Brussels where Mrs May has just finished a press conference after attending her final EU leaders summit before triggering Brexit.
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Budget: austerity handbrake left on
It was a Budget statement that never mentioned Brexit, but felt largely dictated by it. For all his attempts to sound upbeat about improving public finances, Chancellor Philip Hammond kept the austerity handbrake firmly on, saying every penny of extra spending would be balanced by tax increases.
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Budget: business and workers
Priya Guha, a former diplomat and now general manager at Rocket Space, which supports new tech businesses, and the writer, economist and director of the Centre for Labour and Social Studies, Faiza Shahee
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Budget: will extra money fill social care funding gap?
Sefton, on Merseyside, has one of the highest proportions of elderly residents of any English constituency. It’s a place where the local council spends more than half its budget on adult social care. So will the Government offer today be enough to fill their funding gap?
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Budget: climate change omitted
One of the notable things about the Chancellor’s 55-minute statement was how much it didn’t say. There was nothing, for instance, about climate change.
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Kim Jong nam’s son in hiding after killing
A video has emerged of the son of Kim Jong-nam, the older brother of Kim Jong-un, who was murdered in a Malaysian airport last month. In the short, mysterious video, the son says he is safely with his mother and sister, though their location is unknown.
