‘Threatened’ for publicising poverty: an uncharitable tale
Charities working with the poorest in society say government attitudes to their work are increasingly hostile.
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The claim “Can we really ask [private sector workers] to keep paying their taxes into unreformed gold-plated public sector pension pots? It’s not just unfair, it’s not affordable.” Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister, speech, 14 June 2010 Cathy Newman checks it out The Daily Mail loved it. (UNFAIR – AND UNAFFORDABLE screamed today’s headline). The…
David Cameron says over half of all jobs created in the last ten years associated in some way with public spending. Is it right?
As the government struggles to find short term funding for more public sector pay, the long term outlook for the public finances has become more vulnerable, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.
Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May clash over the government’s record on public spending. FactCheck referees.
Charities working with the poorest in society say government attitudes to their work are increasingly hostile.
Unions say that that a 1 per cent pay rise is insulting. Private sector workers say that the public sector have a cushy deal. Who actually gets paid more?
Outgoing Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King’s insistence that banks shore up their balance sheets met with widespread resistance – but Barclays is leading the way.
Large crowds gather overnight outside the Greek state broadcaster after the government announced it would be shut down to save money.
As Liam Fox becomes the latest senior figure to offer his solution to reviving the lacklustre economy, Channel 4 News looks at some of the other suggestions for curing Britain’s woes.
Private firms are better at running prisons than the public sector and all jails should be subject to open competition, says a new report by think-tank Reform.
The decision of Greece’s government to invoke emergency powers to order public transport workers back to work is met by a “transportation blackout” from the unions.
With the double-dip recession deepening, Channel 4 News considers the importance of construction to the economy.
People are significantly less happy with the way the NHS is being run than they were a year ago as the spending squeeze tightens, according to a new poll.
The Republican governor of the US state of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, fights off an attempt to vote him out of office, in what is seen as a key test ahead of November’s presidential election.
The UK’s IT sector is a growth industry, already employing one in 20 UK workers. IT employers say they face a skills shortage, but is this youthful industry being its own worst enemy?