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Pretending to be a tourist, Paul Mason crosses into Transnistria, a country that does not welcome journalists – and which has no official status under international law.
It sounds like a distant planet in a dystopian sci-fi movie, and the place itself does not disappoint – our team went undercover inside the next potential flashpoint between Russia and the west.
It is 12 months since the government removed its spare room subsidy, dubbed the “bedroom tax” by critics. It is designed to save money and free up under-occupied homes, so what effect has it had?
Jackie Long
Atos is to pull out of a contract to carry out fit-to-work tests early, and will pay a financial settlement as a result. But the company clearly feels it is not the only guilty party.
Iain Duncan Smith has been on the airwaves justifying the welfare cap, claiming he’s stopping Labour’s out-of-control spending. Is he justified?
This week marks the historic moment when gay couples will finally be able to marry in England and Wales. But how much will really change?
The government’s back-to-work programme is praised by ministers but damned as a failure by the unions. FactCheck referees.
The Conservatives have been hit with a Twitter “takedown” after a “patronising” advert on how the Budget 2014’s beer and bingo cuts help “hardworking people”.
Gary Gibbon
This is a fiscally neutral budget of slight readjustments, rather than a major economic moment.
Chancellor George Osborne announces a budget for savers after years of low interest rates, with a boost to tax-free ISAs, new pensioner bonds and changes to pensions.
From pensions to pints – answer the questions in the Channel 4 News quiz to find out how you have won, or lost out, in George Osborne’s latest budget.
For years, those with money in savings accounts have received a raw deal. Now the chancellor, with the 2015 election in mind, has unveiled a budget for savers and pensioners.
Gary Gibbon
It’s not written in the most strident language, but a report the government has been sitting on contains confirmation that one of the DWP’s pet projects is failing in one of its central tasks.
An investigation by Channel 4 News finds that as many as one-in-three jobs now advertised on the government’s Universal Jobmatch website are suspect.
The government’s Universal Jobmatch website continues to list potentially bogus and duplicated job ads, despite our recent investigations into its misuse.