Wincing Vince and the trouser press
Nick Clegg’s morning interviews sounded like an appeal across the airwaves to Vince Cable to come to the party’s economic policy debate. And the pressure has worked.
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Nick Clegg’s morning interviews sounded like an appeal across the airwaves to Vince Cable to come to the party’s economic policy debate. And the pressure has worked.
There will be two themes to watch at the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow: distancing from the Tories and possible flirtation with Labour.
A 5 per cent cap on house price growth may be needed to prevent an inflationary boom and bust, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
President Vladimir Putin has a number of guises – from ace fisherman to chopper pilot. His moves on Syria this week have only bolstered that fearsome self-image – and his ambitions for Russia.
Despite growing concerns over the spiralling cost of the HS2 high-speed rail line, the government says it will provide a £15bn a year boost to the UK economy.
If some statistics that 75 per cent of London’s new build are bought abroad are true, then net housing stock available to ordinary Britons may well be going down not up.
George Osborne says austerity measures pursued by the government are leading to economic recovery, while Labour argues that ordinary families have been left worse off.
“We don’t want this decision to depend on the United States Congress” Dr Sergei Markov, former adviser to the Russian government says. He tells the US: “Stop bombing! Pay attention to your economy.”
As poets, politicians and Bono mourn the death of Seamus Heaney in Dublin, Channel 4 News trawls its archives for a fascinating interview with Jon Snow and footage of Heaney reading one of his poems.
Seaside Devon shows starkly how high house prices are pushing down quality of life. We meet local people affected by the squeeze and asks if a housebuilding push can help.
State-supported families face three more years of struggle on child costs, according to a report on child poverty. Channel 4 News does the maths.
House prices are on the rise – usually the symptom of a an increasingly buoyant property market. But some economists are warning that you can have too much of a good thing.
House prices are rising at their fastest since the 2006 peak, according to new figures. But is this good news for people trying to get onto the property ladder?
Mark Carney tells Channel 4 News the Bank of England has sympathy for suffering savers, as he announces interest rates will be kept at record lows for years to come to help the economic recovery.
Prime Minister David Cameron says he is “seriously concerned” by reports that Spain may introduce fees at the border with Gibraltar and close its airspace to planes.