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Autumn statement: a ‘sugar high’ recovery for Osborne?
The chancellor had his revised growth updates to wave at Labour today but the cost of living indicators which Ed Miliband has got him looking at are a little bit more precarious.
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The chancellor had his revised growth updates to wave at Labour today but the cost of living indicators which Ed Miliband has got him looking at are a little bit more precarious.
The chancellor says he is scrapping employers’ national insurance contribution for under 21s from April 2015 and insists his austerity measures are working, but says the hard work is not over yet.
What bright ideas would light up the UK economy for you? George Osborne has set out his plan for economic recovery, but Channel 4 News wanted to find out what people on the street would like to see.
As protesters in Thailand march to the ruling political party’s office in Bangkok in a bid to topple the government, Channel 4 News looks back at a year of demonstrations.
David Cameron’s plans to make it harder to stop new arrivals from the EU getting out-of-work benefits for three months in a bid crack down on immigration have been criticised by a top EU official.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right coalition government has at last struck a “grand coalition” deal with the centre-left Social Democrats. But why the wait and what does it mean for us?
Shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves says Labour would not consider scrapping out-of-work benefits for people under 25, after it was suggested by the IPPR think tank.
Rape victims are being convinced not to pursue their allegations by the police in order to improve crime statistics, a serving officer claims.
The Bank of England raises its growth forecast for the economy, but says interest rates will not automatically rise if unemployment falls faster than previously predicted.
Exclusive: Bank of England Governor Mark Carney talks to Channel 4 News about the recovery, what it means for real wages and whether he will raise interest rates.
As youth unemployment in Italy reaches a new all-time high of 40.1 per cent, our newest “Austerity Kid”, Agata Scionti, 26, tells Channel 4 News that young Italians “are unable to dream any more”.
Britain’s economy grows by 0.8 per cent in the third quarter of 2013, with all the main sectors showing a rise in activity.
Just over six months on from the Cyprus bailout, what’s the situation like for people on the ground? Grim, says our newest “Austerity Kid”, 24-year old Maria Christodoulou.
Ireland’s seventh austerity budget set out 2.5bn euros of cuts and taxes, including cuts to benefits for under 25s. But our Austerity Kid in Dublin says many are just relieved it wasn’t worse.
As Italy declares a state of emergency following the Lampedusa disaster, Channel 4 News asks if social attitudes towards immigration are changing.