Spain: the Brussels budget ‘suicide pact’
As Easter approaches in Andalusia, Faisal Islam visits the Eurozone’s biggest headache.
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Carole Crosby Liverpool Chamber of Commerce deputy chief executive, tells Channel 4 News that companies are expecting to recruit within the next three months – and why a government enterprise scheme has been such a success.
Caroline Williams, Norfolk Chamber of Commerce CEO, tells Channel 4 News why male unemployment is higher than average in the county, and highlights the areas and sectors that are likely to grow.
From Thatcher to Cameron. As the prime minister unveils big discounts for council tenants in England who want to buy their homes, Channel 4 News looks in detail at the right to buy scheme.
The British Chambers of Commerce say Britain is likely to avoid a recession, although growth will not pick up properly until 2013.
As Easter approaches in Andalusia, Faisal Islam visits the Eurozone’s biggest headache.
Overqualified, no jobs, and the worst economic year since world war two. What now for Spain’s young?
As Spain begins a general strike in protest at pro-business labour reforms, Spanish journalist Roman Orozco warns that austerity is turning the country from a welfare state into a state of fear.
As a property maintenance firm says young British youths are failing to grasp available employment opportunities, Channel 4 Jobs Report looks at whether a bootcamp can improve attitudes to work.
The long-awaited report into the 2011 riots says poor parenting, a sense of hopelessness among young people, unemployment and a materialistic culture were to blame for the disturbances.
There have been howls of anguish from pensioners and the press over the chancellor’s plans to make tax allowances for the retired less generous. But is the raid on pensioners really so unfair?
• Top rate of tax cut to 45p from April next year • Child benefit cut-off point rises to £50K • Are personal allowances changes a ‘granny tax’? Read Gary Gibbon’s blog: 50p tax – hero to zero? 13.47: Ed Miliband compares the government to Downton Abbey, a story of the “out of touch rich”.…
Taxpayers are to to be given a personal statement telling them how much money is deducted from their earnings and what this is spent on, but they will not learn what they are paying in indirect taxes.
To the outsider, Ireland does not seem like a country which is gripped by a prolonged economic crisis, writes Dr Peter Stafford. But will the Guinness be flowing freely tonight for St Patrick’s day?
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 he prepares to start his first job in 16 months, Stephen Stubbs tells Channel 4 News that he has the government’s work programme to thank for the successful end to his job hunt.