Election giant under Republican noses?
Chris Christie has long been the man that the grand old men of the Grand Old Party yearn to see enter the race, writes Washington Correspondent Matt Frei.
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Mr Miliband reminded MPs of the Chancellor’s optimistic assessment at the time of the spending review in November last year. George Osborne said at the time that private sector job creation would “far outweigh” cuts in public sector employment. But have those high hopes – based on forecasts from the independent Office of Budget Responsibility, been dashed?
Nearly half a million older people receive care in their own homes paid for by the local authority. But Channel 4 News has seen evidence the system is struggling to cope.
It’s very strange. Most politicians reckon that once bitten by FactCheck, twice shy. Not so the PM. We’ve caught him out on his boast on private sector jobs before but today he was at it again. He claimed half a million more private sector jobs were created since the election. He’s wrong, and here’s why.
Chris Christie has long been the man that the grand old men of the Grand Old Party yearn to see enter the race, writes Washington Correspondent Matt Frei.
A few alarm bells went off in the Channel 4 newsroom yesterday when the Chancellor flagged up jobs growth as the silver lining to some rather gloomy GDP figures. Is growth in the public sector worth shouting about? FactCheck investigates.
Cuts to the police budget could compromise the safety of the public, warns the head of the Association of Chief Police Officers, Sir Hugh Orde.
The government rules out a bail-out of the stricken care home group Southern Cross but pledges to scrutinise the business models of private groups in the sector.
Ireland’s Central Bank revealed a £61bn black hole in its banking system today, as the government announced radical restructuring plans for the sector in a desperate attempt to calm nervous markets.
Is the Big Society message getting across to the British public, asks Gary Gibbon.
Sweeping reforms that could break-up Britain’s biggest banks will be the central focus of the banking inquiry in the coming months, the head of the commission said today.
Prime Minister David Cameron says the “fundamental reform” planned for the NHS is part of a complete modernisation of public services across the country.
Exclusive: Probation Service chiefs in England and Wales have issued a clear warning, in a Channel 4 News survey, over their capacity to protect the public if the government goes ahead with plans.
In March we ran a lengthy extract of an interview with financier Jim Rogers, who described the perceived G20 wisdom on running huge deficits to boost world growth as “ludicrous and insane”. It is one of our most downloaded videos of the year.
Scotland’s finance secretary has told ministers to cut back “all but essential” spending in order to fund public sector pay increases.
The prospect of many more months of NHS strikes and in the run up to May’s local elections the state of the health service – and the public sector pay disputes could well affect the outcome in a swathe of marginal seats.