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Spending Review: The Economy

2010-11-17T14:12:59+00:00

The Economy

Hugh Pym provides an insight into how the Comprehensive Spending Review might be reported in the coming months.

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Big Stories

2010-11-16T20:22:53+00:00

Opinion and the Spending Review

BBC Head of Political Research, David Cowling, reflects on public opinion and the spending review ...

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News Debrief

An ongoing series of conversations with journalists about the back story of their own news reports.

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Chief religious affairs correspondent Robert Piggot on the UK papal visit.

Video: Jon Sopel
How the BBC News Channel covered the Cumbria shootings

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The Coalition. They're getting on, aren't they?

Spending Review: Economy

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Reporting the Coalition

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Video: CSR - The Political Dimension

2010-11-16T19:41:27+00:00

Video: Politics after the Spending Review

Nick Robinson argues how the political story of the next four years will be as much about reform and political argument as it will be about cuts.

Maintaining balance in live OBs

2010-01-15T12:44:56+00:00

12. Across the world the newspaper industry is full of woe - the victim of declining circulation, ageing readership and falling advertising revenue. But in Brazil, the powerhouse economy of South America, newspapers are thriving. In 2007, total circulation of Brazilian newspapers rose a remarkable 12%, and even the following year, with the credit crunch biting, sales still rose 5%, to 4.35 million, according to the Instituto Verificador de Circulacao, Brazil's equivalent of the Audit Bureau of Circulation.

Under the leadership of President Lula da Silva (below), more Brazilians can both read and afford the price of a newspaper. Born into extreme poverty, Lula's is a remarkable story of the street hawker and shoe shine boy who rose through the ranks of the metal workers union to champion the cause of the poor.

After years of military dictatorship, Brazil's first direct elections for president took place only in 1989. Lula, for the workers' party, was beaten by a conservative opponent. But 12 years later he won, and has now had two successful terms as president. He is not allowed to stand a third time at the elections that will take place later this year.

Under the leadership of President Lula da Silva (below), more Brazilians can both read and afford the price of a newspaper. Born into extreme poverty, Lula's is a remarkable story of the street hawker and shoe shine boy who rose through the ranks of the metal workers union to champion the cause of the poor.

After years of military dictatorship, Brazil's first direct elections for president took place only in 1989. Lula, for the workers' party, was beaten by a conservative opponent. But 12 years later he won, and has now had two successful terms as president. He's not allowed to stand a third time at the elections that will take place later this year.