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FileOn4: Quango's funding crises 16 Jun 09 New Labour created the biggest Quango in England, the Learning and Skills Council, to engineer a skills renaissance but a recent report damned it as incompetent in managing its multi-billion pound budget. Gerry Northam investigates why colleges had to shelve rebuilding plans and how other flagship training schemes had to be halted. And he hears claims that the body could face a final cash crisis before it is dissolved. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FileOn4: Who stole my house? 31 Mar 09 Increasing numbers of people are finding that ownership of their houses has been stolen.Often it is vacant or tenanted property but sometimes it can be homes people have lived in for years.Land Registry, the government department responsible for who owns land and property in England and Wales says it is committed to openness.But as Shari Vahl discovered questions are being asked over whether Land Registry is robust enough to fight off criminals. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FileOn4: Torturers in the UK 24 Mar 09 The British Government said in 2002 it was determined the UK will not harbour war criminals or people who commit other human rights abuses abroad. But File on 4 has learned that several hundred could be here, many with government knowledge. Fran Abrams asks whether Britain seems to be an attractive destination for human rights abusers and war criminals. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Seven Days...in a children's hospice 12 March 09 Jenny Cuffe spends seven days at a children's hospice, as it supports children with life limiting conditions. Like many charities, their funding has been hit, and so even as the roof is being erected onto the new wing designed specifically for young people, there are concerns the money may not be there to run it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FileOn4: Why local councils could lose millions 17 Mar 09 Local authorities have been kept buoyant in recent years with profits from money they are able to invest.But as interest rates have dropped, returns have fallen sharply and to make matters worse poor decisions mean almost) a billion pounds of taxpayers money is beyond reach, tied up in October’s Icelandic banking crash.Allan Urry examines the impact of those bad investments and what they reveal about how some councils managed financial risks.He asks should they have been more careful ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FileOn4: Concerns over the army's police 10 Mar 09 Next month judges in London begin a judicial review of claims by five Iraqi civilians that they were tortured by British forces and that they heard other Iraqis being executed. It will focus attention again on the way these high profile serious cases are investigated by the Royal Military Police Simon Cox investigates whether such criticisms of the Royal Military Police are justified. He examines cases investigated by the RMP and reveals evidence of destroyed statements, and major flaws in ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Seven Days: Jobless in Stoke 26 Feb 09 In one day in January, Stoke-On-Trent lost over 1,000 jobs. It may be one of the few remaining centres of British manufacturing. but the area has been in declined for several years. Now Wedgwood and JCB - key employers in the area - have been hit and plans for regeneration are threatened. Jenny Cuffe spends a week in the Potteries, meets the family-of-three who all lost their job on the same day and the company boss who, with his staff is already on a four day week, is desperate to se ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Seven Days: Stopping the binge drinkers 05 Mar 09 The extent of binge drinking in Oldham, Greater Manchester, has recently hit the national headlines. As the town launches an inquiry into excessive alcohol consumption, Jenny Cuffe spends a week with those working at the sharp end, developing new ways to intervene in the lives of heavy drinkers before it is too late. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FileOn4: The danger faced by teachers 03 Mar 09 Julian O'Halloran investigates claims that the careers of hundreds, perhaps thousands of teachers, are being needlessly blighted or destroyed. It is said even an apparently minor physical intervention can lead to a teacher facing a long drawn out and flawed disciplinary process. And often teachers say they are treated as guilty until proved innocent. Now a Commons committee is to start an urgent investigation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FileOn4: Egypt's role in Gaza 10 Feb 09 Security and the recent war in Gaza top the agenda as Israelis cast their votes this week but what about the role played by Israel's former foe and current ally in the south - Egypt. As the conflict ragedin Gaza, Egypt refused to open its borderaza. Egyptian streets boiled with anger as people demonstrated not just against Israel, but also against their own government. So did Cairo really side with Israel against its Muslim neighbours? Lucy Ash investigates the behind- ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Investigation: A waste of recycling 5 Feb 09 In recent months the market for recycled goods has collapsed. Simon Cox investigates what is happening to the mountains of recycled waste? And he asks whether the solution could be something that dismays environmentalists - incineration Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FileOn4: Fake drugs on the NHS, why? 3 Feb 09 Last year Britons were issued nearly 800 million prescription and the numbers keep rising. But some patients say they are suffering in the drive to persuade doctors to issue cheaper, generic alternatives to the branded drugs they take. And criminal gangs have penetrated the UK’s supply chain, making millions of pounds from dangerous counterfeit versions of life saving cancer therapies and treatments for serious mental illness. Allan Urry reveals details of a major international ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Investigation: Who pays the pirates 29 Jan 09 Piracy in Somalia is big business. Last year alone pirates were paid an estimated £25m from holding scores of ships and hundreds of crew to ransom, making it one of the country’s main sources of income. It has created a mini industry of lawyers negotiators and ransom delivery teams which has its base in the UK. The Investigation this week uncovers this hidden world of pirate negotiations and reveals the huge sums being made by the pirates and by the British companies who are negotiat ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FileOn4: Lifting the lid off surrogacy 27 Jan 09 For some couples a surrogate pregnancy is a way of making their dreams of having children come true. More and more British couples are having children using surrogate mothers both in the UK and abroad. Jon Manel lifts the lid off the world of surrogate pregnancy. And he investigates what happens when surrogacy arrangements go wrong and he asks is current British legislation fit for purpose? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Investigation: Should more children be put in care? 22 Jan 09 Each year thousands of parents ask to have their children taken away because they cannot cope with their behaviour but social services are often reluctant. Official policy is to avoid care where possible in the belief that children do better with their natural parents. But are they right? Is residential or foster care as damaging as many people believe? Simon Cox investigates. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FileOn4: Will insolvency laws deepen recession Tue 20 Jan 09 The 2003 Enterprise Act was designed to make going into administration easier, quicker and cheaper with the aim to help companies and save jobs.But BBC File On 4 has heard claims that it is now easier for failing companies to dump their debts leaving thousands of creditors and suppliers owed millions of pounds they may never recoup.Julian O’Halloran asks if UK insolvency law could deepen the economic downturn instead of bringing about a recovery. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Investigation: UN rights body concerns 15 Jan 08 The world’s human rights watchdog, the Human Rights Council was formed by the United Nations to protect and promote human rights around the globe. The council faces bitter criticism that it is too political, too mealy-mouthed when it comes to some repressive regimes, while singling out other countries on ideological grounds. Simon Cox examines the council’s record and talks to some of those at the heart of its deliberations. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website