There are no heroes on the zero-hours borderline
They’re not sacked but merely told: “There’s no work next week.” How a new play shows people struggling with the life of zero-hours contracts.
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They’re not sacked but merely told: “There’s no work next week.” How a new play shows people struggling with the life of zero-hours contracts.
A flagship government welfare scheme is causing unnecessary distress to thousands of sick and disabled people because of long delays, MPs are warning.
Like Michael Gove, I think there are such things as “British values”. It’s just that I probably won’t agree with him on what they are.
Conservative cabinet ministers Theresa May and Michael Gove issue a joint statement saying they are “working together” on alleged Islamist extremism in schools following a dispute over the issue.
Scots will either be £1,000 better off or £1,400 worse off if they vote for independence, according to the UK and Scottish governments. Who to believe?
Former prime minister Tony Blair insists he has not been holding up the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war. So what has it taken so long to see the light of day?
Elliot Rodger, 22, killed six people in a California college town after posting a threatening video on YouTube railing against his rejection by women.
Thailand’s constitutional court strikes again as Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is booted out of office after being found guilty of abuse of power.
A ground-breaking inquiry has been set up to look at what happens to vulnerable when they leave hospital – and its findings could prove startling.
Hundreds of public health experts write an open letter to the prime minister saying rising food prices and stagnant wages are creating a public health emergency. Channel 4 News looks at the evidence.
The doctor will Skype you now: One GP explains (via Skype) how a Skype consultation works, and says some people prefer it to meeting face to face – especially for those more embarrassing ailments…
The latest shooting incident at Fort Hood in Texas mirrors an attack in 2009 which was the deadliest inside a US military base in history. So are returning soldiers being given effective treatment?
Some of the worst air pollution since the great smog of 1952 will hit Britain in the next 24 hours – but how will it compare to other cities around the world?
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.
Jeremy Hunt accepts that hospitals should tell patients if they suffer significant harm at the hands of medics. It comes after decades of campaigning from patients’ groups.