How scrapping national pay rates might save lives
Faisal Islam on how scrapping national pay bargaining might save lives, and why it will be rather difficult.
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Faisal Islam on how scrapping national pay bargaining might save lives, and why it will be rather difficult.
As debate rages over the Kony video, one social media expert tells Channel 4 News that despite its flaws, the film “sets new standards” for media campaigns and “highlights the power of celebrity”.
A new animal disease, the Schmallenberg virus, has been confirmed on 74 farms in the south and east of England. It is thought midges spread the virus across the Channel.
The British Medical Association will ballot its 130,000 members on industrial action of the government’s pension reforms – but has ruled out taking any strike action.
The claim “Work matters, particularly for older people, not just for money but absolutely for social contact…We know smoking is really bad for you. But much worse are things like social relationships.” David Halpern, 10 February 2012 The background Buried deep in the corridors of power is a slightly mysterious body called the Behavioural Insight…
A charity that provides free breakfasts to primary schools tells Channel 4 News it has seen a four-fold rise in its waiting list in the last four months, amid fears child poverty is on the rise.
On the first anniversary of protests which swept Egypt and led to the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year presidency, Channel 4 News asks: what has the revolution meant for Egypt?
“At time of writing, it remains unclear how the government attempts to make the two key numbers match up.”
As Michael Gove announces plans to sack poor teachers in a matter of weeks, Channel 4 News looks at how the current system works and how it will change.
MPs and insurance companies say the increase in whiplash claims is to blame for the rise in motor insurance premiums – and make Britain the whiplash capital of Europe. Carl Dinnen reports.
As the House of Lords debates the welfare reform bill, Lisa Egan explains why she and other disabled people are concerned about the government’s plans.
“Dazzling” sales in the week before Christmas, yet forecasts remain gloomy as plunging profits threaten to close more shops. Channel 4 News asks: what is the future of the British high street?
“Any school that acquires a new building, a new head teacher and many new staff is likely to improve its pupils’ levels of attainment.”
Social care experts have written to the government urging it to overhaul England’s “failing” social care system, which they say is leaving 800,000 elderly people “lonely, isolated and at risk”.
John Sparks meets the mothers who lost their sons on Thailand’s roads – and who are campaigning to stop it happening again.