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America faces a “fiscal nightmare” of tax rises and spending cuts, unless Republicans in the House of Representatives are willing to compromise.
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It is a looming deadline which will trigger sweeping tax hikes for most Americans and deep spending cuts, possibly plunging the country into another recession. We sort out the facts – and the figures.
America faces a “fiscal nightmare” of tax rises and spending cuts, unless Republicans in the House of Representatives are willing to compromise.
Tens of thousands of public sector workers and campaigners march in protest against the government’s spending cuts.
A UK/French plan to build the next-generation drone will be announced tomorrow during a summit in Paris, as Britain’s BAE Systems warns of a 14 per cent fall in sales due to defence spending cuts.
As BAE Systems announces several thousand job losses at a number of its UK locations, a defence economist tells Channel 4 News government spending cuts are to blame.
Channel 4 News learns union bosses are calling for a campaign of civil disobedience and sit-ins as well as strikes over the spending cuts, with one leader saying he is “prepared to go to jail”.
As Italy prepares to sign off its austerity budget, Channel 4 News looks at the countries in Europe facing the most pain from spending cuts and tax rises.
The latest in a string of potential legal challenges to Government public spending cuts comes from the campaign group Disability Alliance.
Police have defended their tactics after violence broke out in Trafalgar Square following the spending cuts demonstration. More than 200 people were arrested and dozens injured.
David Cameron says it is his “mission in politics” to give people more responsibility despite spending cuts. Political Editor Gary Gibbon writes that Broken Britain is back to sell the Big Society.
The political nightmare of a choppy economy, rising VAT and spending cuts has been compounded by sharply rising oil and fuel prices.
The Harrier jet makes its final flight – from RAF Cottesmore in Rutland. But the plane’s early retirement as a result of defence spending cuts remains controversial, writes Carl Dinnen.
The spending cuts in Ireland outlined by Finance Minister Brian Lenihan were “not a normal budget, but the environment in which it was delivered is not normal”, writes economist Dr Peter Stafford.
As David Cameron announces that the nation’s wellbeing is to be measured, a leading charity tells Channel 4 News that government spending cuts could have a negative effect on families.
David Cameron faces Ed Miliband across the dispatch box as housing benefit and spending cuts dominate Prime Minister’s Questions.