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Spending on legal aid 'already falling'

Legal documents as More4 news reveals government spending on aid has dropped. (Credit: Getty)

The real amount the government spends on criminal legal aid is already falling despite further planned cuts, according to an exclusive More4 News investigation.

Iranian filmmaker collects prize

Mohsen Makhmalbaf (picture: Reuters)

Channel 4 News meets exiled Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf who is now a spokesman for the opposition in the country of his birth. Nicholas Glass reports.

Bank charges: is this the end?

Credit cards and money (picture: Getty Images)

Seven banks and a building society were jubilant after winning their battle with customers over unauthorised overdraft charges. Faisal Islam reports.

Police tactics to change

Kingsnorth protests (picture: Reuters)

The police must stop being heavy-handed when they are dealing with demonstrators and return to traditional tactics. Simon Israel reports.

Phillip Blond: 'Cameron's red Tory'

Phillip Blond

The name is Blond, Phillip Blond. He has been hailed as David Cameron's philosopher king and his "red-Toryism" is leaving its mark on the Conservative leader. Cathy Newman reports.

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NHS illegal workers

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Claims illegal immigrants got NHS jobs through a contractor.

Will heads roll

Schools Secretary Ed Balls (Credit: Reuters)

FactCheck: did Ed Balls vow to sack 3,000 head teachers?

Stroke of luck

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Amateur rugby player wins £250,000 for hitting the bar.

Afghan fatalities in full

British soldiers killed in Afghanistan

The full list of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan since 2001.

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