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With mortgage costs rising for 850,000 borrowers, housing campaigners are warning that poverty and homelessness are set to increase.
The former prime minister of Iceland appears in court as the first world leader charged over the 2008 financial crisis – but the country remains undecided on whether he should be held accountable.
As it is revealed Barclays employed tax avoidance schemes to dodge an estimated half a billion pounds of tax, Channel 4 News looks at how widespread these devices are and what they involve.
Part-nationalised Lloyds bank has posted total losses of £3.5bn for last year, but says it is “in a significantly stronger position than it was 12 months ago”.
RBS boss Stephen Hester tells Channel 4 News the bank has clawed back bonuses from at least 36 employees this year.
Eurozone governments finally agree a second bailout package for Greece after months of wrangling and a last round of more than 12 hours of talks in Brussels.
Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis writes for Channel 4 News about why the euro crisis should not simply be seen through the prism of a famous Aesop fable.
Union leader calls for a pay rise for senior civil servants, after it is revealed some are paid as limited companies, a potentially tax saving device. But are they playing fair?
David Cameron makes a robust case against Scottish independence, but was a meeting with Alex Salmond dismissed as ‘frustrating’ by Mr Cameron’s aides really that bad? Mr Salmond begged to differ.
A high street bank is launching a service that allows people to transfer money simply by using their mobile phone. The app is to be made available to consumers across the UK.
The bigger picture here: why on earth are credit ratings elevated to this hallowed status? Moody’s pulled off the spectacular intellectual feat of rating the Bank of England as a lesser credit than the European Financial Stability Facility. The answer is that it has been an important piece of marketing for George Osborne, to communicate a tangible benefit from unpopular austerity.
Greece has voted in favour of the EU/IMF austerity package. But why is Germany pushing stability throughout Europe – and what is it hoping to achieve?
The CBI employers’ body says Britain will avoid recession but other forecasters are less opimistic, with one economist telling Channel 4 News that “the economy is going nowhere”.
Barclays has reported a 3 per cent fall in profits last year to £5.9bn. The bank has also slashed the bonus pool for its investment banking arm amid mounting pressure over the payouts.
As Barclays reveals its profits Channel 4 News Business Correspondent Sarah Smith asks if, in this case, it is time to stop the popular pastime of banker bashing?