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Government borrowing hits new highs
The instant reactions of our political editor, Gary Gibbon, to the chancellor’s autumn statement.
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The instant reactions of our political editor, Gary Gibbon, to the chancellor’s autumn statement.
…the OBR’s advice will be the most unwelcome since Thomas Becket’s to Henry II, writes Economics Editor Faisal Islam.
Chancellor George Osborne said the government will underwrite up to £40 billion in lending to small businesses in an attempt to kick-start Britain’s flagging economy.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg outlines his flagship £1bn youth jobs programme. But will it work and is it any different to previous schemes? Channel 4 News FactCheck investigates.
Buskers share their favourite songs and locations for performing on the tube with Channel 4 News, after singer Katherine Jenkins wowed commuters with an impromptu performance.
A leading UK regulator has warned that efforts by banks lobbying against tougher regulations are “intellectually dishonest and potentially damaging.”
The salaries of Britain’s executives are “corrosive” to the economy and “out of control”, according to an independent report by the High Pay Commission.
Jon Snow compares the experience of his own grandfather to the bankers of today and asks if anyone really understands “the bubble”?
Lindsey Hilsum blogs on the surrender of Abdullah Senussi, the most feared enforcer of Colonel Gaddafi’s regime.
The arrest of Muammar Gaddafi’s son and heir apparent Saif al-Islam in the southern desert is a chance for the Zintan fighters to redeem themselves, writes International Editor Lindsey Hilsum.
As the latest unemployment figures are released, Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long looks at one group of people who seem to be particularly badly affected – women.
There has been over the past three years a tremendous amount of guff written about the financial crisis being the end of capitalism. While I can see the attraction, in communications terms, of indulging the idea that these events form part of an epic transformative narrative, unfortunately it is completely untrue.
The government says economic growth will come from rebalancing the British economy in favour of manufacturing. But what does Britain still make? Business Correspondent Sarah Smith investigates.
Sources in the EU say Germany and France are looking at a smaller eurozone, but economists tell Channel 4 News it will be a “Pandora’s box” and “the message from the Greek myth was do not open it”.
Greek opposition leader Antonis Samaras repeats his call for Prime Minister George Papandreou to resign and, as Jane Deith reports, Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi’s future is also looking more uncertain.