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As the prime minister insists that he has a strong moral case for welfare reform, campaigners warn that, in an already unequal society, the changes are falling unfairly on the poorest.
With Channel 4’s Benefits Street debate shining a spotlight on the issues raised by the programme, we explain why the series has made such powerful TV viewing.
This is the story of Poppy Noor, a young woman who says she only made it to Cambridge because she got benefits.
The work and pensions secretary defends the coalition’s welfare reforms, which he says are making people feel “more secure” about the future.
Residents of “Benefits Street” tell Channel 4 News why they are so angry at how they were portrayed, as Channel 4 announces a live debate will be broadcast after the final episode of Benefits Street.
David Cameron’s plans to make it harder to stop new arrivals from the EU getting out-of-work benefits for three months in a bid crack down on immigration have been criticised by a top EU official.
Beijing is to ease its strict one-child policy, as part of a range of sweeping reforms. Channel 4 News answers the key questions on the controversial policy.
Penalising benefit claimants who are not deemed to be doing enough to find work is leaving people without any money to live on, according to research from the Citizens Advice Bureau.
In two separate cases, police in Ireland have taken a child from a Roma family and then, following DNA tests, returned them both to the communities they were taken from.
Interpol is helping police track down the parents of a blonde girl found at a Roma camp in Greece. The lawyer for the couple looking after her tells Channel 4 News she was “given” to them as a baby.
Think big – act local. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is in London with a challenge to cities across Europe: come up with bold new ideas to solve the world’s major problems.
Twenty-five hours of free childcare funded by the state. Labour is promising to help working families beat the cost of living crisis – with a higher tax on banks to pay for it.
The Crown Prosecution Service will push for longer sentences for benefit fraudsters. A long-overdue clampdown or a waste of resources? FactCheck finds out.
Jackie Long
Much is made of the need to educate children about healthy eating. But what of the thousands of children whose parents cannot afford to put enough meals, of any quality, on the table?
State-supported families face three more years of struggle on child costs, according to a report on child poverty. Channel 4 News does the maths.