Hundreds of new homes from Help to Buy: at what cost?
It’s the centrepiece of the government’s plans to get the economy going after three years of meagre growth.
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Former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn is charged with aggravated pimping in connection with organised sex parties at a French hotel. His lawyer calls the charges “as false as they are absurd”.
David Cameron may have more grounds for optimism when the IMF publishes its latest forecast for UK growth later.
Are British politicians badly paid compared to their European counterparts? FactCheck jumps on the gravy train…
Embarrassing conversations between former executives of Anglo Irish Bank, which was rescued by the taxpayer after running into trouble, are leaked to a Dublin newspaper.
Five years after the financial crisis, a parliamentary commission is recommending that bankers guilty of “reckless misconduct ” could be jailed. What has happened across the world since then?
Large crowds gather overnight outside the Greek state broadcaster after the government announced it would be shut down to save money.
It’s the centrepiece of the government’s plans to get the economy going after three years of meagre growth.
Today’s GDP figures prompted no tickertape celebrations at the ONS today – in fact, they suggest the country may do nothing more than bump along the bottom for some time.
George Osborne’s plans to boost home ownership risk harming the housing market and leaving the treasury with a significant hole in its coffers, a powerful committee warns in a new report.
The jobless total has risen by 70,000 to hit 2.56 million in the latest quarter to February this year, leading to claims that the jobs recovery is coming to an end.
The price of gold rises slightly following its biggest one-day fall in 30 years, but the precious metal is likely to come under further pressure from investors.
Pakistan should collect taxes from its own rich elite before Britain hands over more aid money, a Commons committee has said.
David Miliband looked pained in 2010 after losing the Labour leadership to his brother Ed. Today, he cut an extraordinarily different figure.
Chanting “Troika go home” to the White Stripes’ Seven Nation Army, Economics Editor Faisal Islam meets the kids leading the controlled anger in Cyprus at its bailout terms.
With sweeping controls imposed in Cyprus as banks re-open, a former boss of Laiki bank tells Channel 4 News about the fateful meeting where terms for the country’s bailout were discussed.