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Brown tries to embrace an unwilling Clegg
Gary Gibbon blogs that the prime minister is trying to embrace the unwilling Lib Dem leader in a loveless armlock.
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Gary Gibbon blogs that the prime minister is trying to embrace the unwilling Lib Dem leader in a loveless armlock.
Faisal Islam blogs on the stance of Labour, Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to cutting the UK’s £167bn national debt.
We’ve the first of three films looking at the main party leaders: a look at Nick Clegg. More blessings have been laid at his feet than for many a Liberal leader. But has he exploited them all? Party critics in the profile feel he hasn’t made the capital he might’ve done out of the expenses…
Mr Osborne’s newly announced plans to scale back cuts and raise taxes brings him in line with policy positions promoted by his Lib Dem coalition partners during the last parliament.
Even sceptics acknowledge that reaction they’ve seen among young voters to the tuition fee reduction announcement is stunning.
The Treasury stands accused of “massaging” government figures – not by the opposition but its own ministers.
It could have been a lot worse for George Osborne in the autumn statement, as Britain faces losing its coveted triple-AAA credit status.
Channel 4 News learns the number of British bankers leaving the UK for Switzerland fell by 16 per cent in 2011, despite claims the 50p tax rate would encourage wealthy financiers to leave the country.
The bigger picture here: why on earth are credit ratings elevated to this hallowed status? Moody’s pulled off the spectacular intellectual feat of rating the Bank of England as a lesser credit than the European Financial Stability Facility. The answer is that it has been an important piece of marketing for George Osborne, to communicate a tangible benefit from unpopular austerity.
Despite the protests, arguments and riots, post-Budget the government and opposition are much closer than either would like to admit argues Faisal Islam
There has been a 28 per cent increase in the number of British bankers and financial services workers migrating to Switzerland, writes Business Producer Ben King.
Is the £800m bank levy enough to please the public – or does the tax need to be higher? And why was the decision seemingly so last minute? Faisal Islam investigates.
Faisal Islam imagines what a letter between Alistair Darling and George Osborne could look like.
Channel 4 News’s FactCheck team will be monitoring political claims thorughout the general election campaign.
Vote Tory to get the deficit down and taxes too! That’s the subliminal message from George Osborne at the press conference I’m sitting in.