Paul Mason
Life of a food bank user: no gas, no cooker, benefits delayed
Benefit delays or benefit sanctions are the major factor driving people to use food banks says the charity that runs hundreds of them across the country.
Search results for ‘Nimrod’
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Nimrod loss leaves ‘massive gap’ in UK security
Scrapping the RAF Nimrod surveillance planes will leave a “massive gap” in British security, former defence chiefs warn in a last ditch attempt to save the aircrafts.
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FactCheck Q&A: Britain’s real military strength
The government is putting a positive spin on today’s big announcement on defence spending. How strong will the armed forces really be in 2020?
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Alex Thomson
Disregard talk of a ‘blitz’ on Syria
There will be no blitz – the west wants to bomb the Syrian government into never using these weapons on its people again. And any strikes will be all about high-explosive punishment.
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Gary Gibbon
Margaret Thatcher’s funeral: the view from inside
Inside Margaret Thatcher’s funeral: Political Editor Gary Gibbon on the “walking Madame Tussauds” of political yesteryear gathered in St Paul’s.
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MPs’ concern over spy plane decision
The government’s decision to scrap Nimrod surveillance aircraft poses a risk to Britain’s security, according to an all-party committee of MPs.
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MP rains on London 2012 parade with ‘leftie’ jibe
As London 2012 stages its spectacular opening ceremony, world reaction welcomes the event – apart from backbench Conservative MP Aidan Burley, who dismisses it as “leftie”.
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Six British soldiers feared dead in Afghanistan
Six British soldiers are missing, believed killed, after an armoured vehicle was caught in an explosion in Afghanistan.
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Defence strategy at risk after cuts, warn MPs
MPs warn that cuts to Britain’s stretched Armed Forces may leave them unable to deal with the unexpected, reducing the Government’s future defence strategy to little more than a “wish list”.
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Libya conflict could have cost less without defence cuts
Liam Fox tells Channel 4 News “we have the capability to project air power abroad and protect UK interests at very short notice” as questions are raised over the cost of the Libya airstrikes.
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Libya: axed Harriers ‘could have saved lives’
The Libyan conflict has exposed the gaping hole left by Government cuts to Britain’s sea-based air power, former senior Navy officers tell Channel 4 News.
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Cutbacks make nuclear bombs and boats unsafe, warns MoD
The safety of Britain’s nuclear bombs and submarines is being jeopardised by budget cuts and staff shortages, according to secret reports released by the MoD, writes Rob Edwards.
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FactCheck: could cuts mean another Falklands?
FactCheck analyses the claim that defence cuts leave the Falklands vulnerable to attack.
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Lossiemouth fights RAF move away from Moray
As protesters march in Lossiemouth, Hollywood star Ewan McGregor has joined the campaign to stop the town’s RAF base being relocated to RAF Marham, in Norfolk.
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‘Britain failed in Iraq and is failing in Afghanistan’
There is a widespread perception in Washington that Britain failed in Iraq and is failing in Afghanistan, an adviser to the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps tells Channel 4 News.
