David Cameron targets Japanese businesses
Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon joins David Cameron on his trip to Japan.
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The online newspaper, the Huffington Post, has won its first Pulitzer prize for a series on wounded US soldiers returning from the battlefield. Are new media winning serious credibility at last?
A government adviser recommends that parents of truants have their child benefit docked. Channel 4 News asks if the threat of fines for truancy actually works and speaks to a truant schoolgirl.
Almost one in 10 people earning more than £10m a year is paying less than the 20 per cent basic rate of income tax, says the Treasury in defence of plans to cap tax breaks on charitable donations.
The Conservative Party treasurer adds his voice to growing criticism of a proposed cap on tax relief for charitable donations, warning it will deter the rich from giving.
How many of UKIP’s manifesto pledges could Lawrence Webb actually force through it he was to become Mayor of London? FactCheck puts a selection to the test.
One issue has dominated the US election campaign today: women, work and stay-at-home moms. A Democratic operative’s comments about Mitt Romney’s wife Ann has sparked a political firestorm.
People who use charities as a front to avoid tax are the real target of a government clampdown on charitable giving, Prime Minister David Cameron tells Channel 4 News, as the charity tax row grows.
Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon joins David Cameron on his trip to Japan.
Home-Start UK’s volunteers were meant to be a helping hand for families – now they feel more like firefighters. Channel 4 News meets some of the families struggling to cope in jobless Britain.
Should MPs’ tax returns be made public? As the Chancellor says he would be happy to publish his, a former Tory Cabinet minister tells us it is an unwarranted invasion of privacy.
The UK creates over five million jobs every year, but only boosting demand for labour will get the unemployed into jobs, economist Jonathan Portes tells the Channel 4 Jobs Report.
Is the Prime Minister right that 24 million people will be better off by £6.50 thanks to the change in personal tax allowance thresholds? FactCheck begs to differ.
A low-income family tells Channel 4 News changes to tax credits will encourage them to give up work and sign on the dole.
From 6 April 2012, most couples with children will have to work a minimum 24 hours per week to qualify for working tax credit. Channel 4 News explains what the benefit changes mean.
President Sarkozy’s election manifesto pledges a balanced budget and a freeze on France’s EU contributions. But will it be enough to defeat socialist rival Francois Hollande?