Homs – where two utterly different worlds coexist
Ahead of his departure from Syria where the battle to oust President Bashar al-Assad rages, Channel 4 News’ chief correspondent Alex Thomson delivers his final dispatch.
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Workers are £1,600 worse off on average than three years ago because the “dire” state of the economy has pushed down wages, according to a TUC study.
Britain faces a choice between decline or renewal and should take lessons from the Olympics, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will tell the TUC congress in Brighton.
As the Trades Union Congress meets for its annual conference, Channel 4 News looks at the issues it faces and profiles the woman who will lead it as the impact of austerity measures take effect.
Three British climbers, killed in an avalanche in the French Alps, are named by the Foreign Office.
The top 10 per cent of Britain’s wealthiest households are more than 500 times richer than those in the bottom 10 per cent – and the gap has widened, the latest data reveals.
As the UK struggles under the government’s coalition cuts, the latest unemployment figures show a surprise fall in jobless numbers – but why?
England will need to work in unison if they are to overcome Ukraine backed by a partisan, local crowd, Channel 4 News’s man in the English camp, John Anderson, warns.
Ahead of his departure from Syria where the battle to oust President Bashar al-Assad rages, Channel 4 News’ chief correspondent Alex Thomson delivers his final dispatch.
The average number of applicants for every job increases from 15 to 20 over the past year, rising to over 50 for some vacancies, new research reveals.
George Osborne will announce plans to scrap national salaries for public sector workers and pay them according to their region instead – effectively meaning a pay cut of potentially for many of them.
As new data shows a third of recent graduates are in low-skilled jobs, one recruiter tells Channel 4 News that the flood of graduates has seen employers “raise the bar” and some jobs “remain hidden”.
Channel 4 News Presenter Jon Snow gave the Hugh Cudlipp lecture at the London College of Communication. You can read the full text of his speech here.
Prime Minister David Cameron will attend the Leveson Inquiry into press standards if summoned to give evidence, Number 10 has said.
UK workers gave bosses nearly 2 billion hours of unpaid overtime last year – equivalent to 1 million full-time jobs and worth £29.2bn to the economy, according to a TUC survey.
Some of the country’s largest unions are considering an offer from ministers on public sector pensions – but civil service union the PCS says “nothing has changed” since the November strikes.