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Food banks are “consistently” seeing an increase in demand, a Defra-commissioned report concludes – but what are they and are benefits cuts to blame for their proliferation?
Unemployment falls by 125,000 to reach 2.34 million, with the number of people claiming out-of-work benefits also declining as the economy recovers from recession.
Teenagers today are more socially engaged than previous generations but feel that negative stereotyping is affecting their chances of finding a job, according to a report.
David Cameron defends the government’s welfare reforms in the face of criticism and insists they are part of his “moral mission.”
Fracking has sparked protests in Britain, but these look subdued compared with a campaign in Romania by peasant farmers, who are fighting their own government. Jim Wickens and Paraic O’Brien report.
Health experts reject proposals reportedly being considered by the government to assess a patient’s benefit to society when deciding to pay for new drugs.
The Royal Engineers will carry out a high-speed assessment of the state of the UK’s flood defence infrastructure, as ministers admit they should have sent in the military earlier.
Vincent Nichols, the most senior Roman Catholic cleric in England and Wales, says the government has torn away the safety net for the poor and hungry, creating a “dramatic crisis”.
As politicians in the UK argue over how to fund flood defences in the future, Channel 4 News finds six restoration projects that have been successful in protecting communities.
Victoria Macdonald
With just seven weeks until a national roll-out of the care.data scheme, which will see anonymous patient data shared, doctors are joining those calling for the government to explain the benefits of the scheme.
Councils across the country were given a £4m cash boost in December to tackle rogue landlords in their area – but has anything changed?
Millions of Britons already take statins, but many more could now be prescribed the cholesterol-lowering drug in a bid to prevent heart disease. But what about living more healthily instead?
Their parents were the baby boomers. But young people today are shut out of the housing and jobs markets – and shouldering the burden of Britain’s debt. Channel 4 News meets the lost generation.
Jobs. Housing. Benefits. Protests. Is this generation getting a raw deal, and will they accept it? A special series on Channel 4 News next week.
The government’s Jobmatch website is carrying bogus vacancies from nine online recruitment agencies run by a Baptist deacon in Coventry, who makes money by encouraging visitors to post their CVs.