Spending cuts demo: Ed Miliband’s big gamble
As Ed Miliband addresses thousands of protesters demonstrating against government spending cuts, Gary Gibbon asks if Ed Miliband’s gamble will pay-off.
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As Ed Miliband addresses thousands of protesters demonstrating against government spending cuts, Gary Gibbon asks if Ed Miliband’s gamble will pay-off.
Tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating against government cuts to public spending. There were clashes between police and protesters in parts of London with 75 arrests.
Channel 4 News is creating a crowd-sourced map of spending cuts in the UK. Show us cuts you’ve seen online or tweet them to #c4cuts.
One of the founders of the Big Society concept tells Channel 4 News that its image is being damaged by public spending cuts.
David Cameron tries to relaunch his “Big Society” idea again – but can he escape the accusation it’s just a figleaf for cuts? Channel 4 News asks what does it all mean to you?
MPs warn that the Government’s efficiency savings over the next four years pose a “significant challenge” to the NHS and social services which will be “tested to the limit”.
Ireland outlines its toughest budget cuts in a generation as the country’s finance minister says it is time to move forward with “confidence and purpose”, writes Siobhan Kennedy.
Some details of the spending cuts are emerging. A 10 per cent cut in social welfare payments, a €1 cut to the minimum wage, 28,000 public sector job cuts have all been concretely reported here in Dublin.
Exclusive: Tens of thousands of homeowners are marooned in derelict streets after the government decided to save money by stopping an ambitious housing regeneration scheme.
Scotland’s Finance Secretary John Swinney announces cuts in his Budget – saying they were forced on him by the biggest reduction in public spending ever imposed north of the border.
MPs have outlined “grave concerns” about whether Whitehall departments can deliver efficiency savings without cutting frontline services – based on past experience.
MPs have outlined “grave concerns” about whether Whitehall departments can deliver efficiency savings without cutting frontline services – based on past experience.
The government was warned today that severe cuts will lead to elderly patients blocking NHS beds because there will be nowhere for them to be discharged to.
The Chancellor George Osborne announces £81 billion of cuts in his spending review. Channel 4 News looks at how the pain is spread around the departments.
Thousands of union members and campaigners have staged protests in Westminster, rallying against the Government’s spending cuts.