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Dispatches can reveal how King Charles and Prince William are making millions from the taxpayer.
In a joint investigation with @thetimes we have uncovered lucrative deals with the armed forces, schools and even the NHS.
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00:00 - "We try not to eat a lot in one day, even though most of us are really hungry." Almost 1 in 3 children in the UK are now growing up poor, like Cameron and his two sisters whose family rely on a food bank to help fill the fridge.
00:00 - 8 year old Courtney and her family live off £5 a day - they rely on a food bank to eat and wear coats to bed when there's no money for heating. This is Britain today, where more than 4 million children are growing up in poverty.
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00:00 - The Royals make millions in profit each year, but this has always been shrouded in secrecy, until now. A joint @C4Dispatches and @thetimes investigation reveals that the King and Prince William are receiving public money through leasing property to public services like the NHS.
00:00 - WARNING: Distressing content "Why have you followed me into my hotel room?" Journalist @ellieflynn exposes the harsh reality of sexual harassment for women in the UK by pretending to be drunk and alone in a busy nightlife area. What happens next is shocking. #C4SexualHarassment
00:00 - THREAD: 1/10 Dispatches has found that secret meetings have taken place between senior civil servants and representatives of US pharmaceutical firms where the price the NHS pays for its drugs has been discussed.
- “The amount I receive is not for public disclosure.” Dispatches reveals that Brexiteer and Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg may have earned at least £7 million since the 2016 EU referendum, from an investment firm he partly owns - which has seen its profits increase since the vote.
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00:00 - Working with @DailyMirror we found homes owned by Prince William riddled with mould and failing to meet the legal energy efficiency standards. Watch the full film 'The King, the Prince and their Secret Millions' tonight on @Channel4 at 8.10pm. #C4DispatchesA Mirror investigation with @C4Dispatches has found that some of Prince William's tenants are at risk of fuel poverty and living in hard to heat homes with mould and damp issues mirror.co.uk/news/royals/sc…
- EXCLUSIVE: Russell Brand denies accusations of rape, sexual assault and controlling and emotionally abusive behaviour. Five women share their stories with @C4Dispatches in a joint investigation with @thetimes. Watch Russell Brand: In Plain Sight tonight at 9pm on @Channel4
00:00 - This British fruit farmer is almost entirely dependent on EU migrants to work on his farm - he also voted for Brexit. Leaving the European Union means the UK will control its immigration policy - Dispatches investigates how a lack of EU migrants could affect Britain's workforce.
00:00 - Every time you use the River Mersey Ferry, the King profits, an investigation by Dispatches and @thetimes reveals. The Duchy of Lancaster, which owns the coastline from Barrow to the River Mersey, charges the publicly-owned ferry a yearly fee for mooring at a pier on Duchy land.
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