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Exclusive: care homes in many parts of the United Kingdom are facing a grim combination of funding cuts and declining standards, according to figures obtained by Channel 4 News.
CutsCheck looks at the cuts being made by NHS trusts, despite the government’s pledge to increase health service spending in real terms every year
FactCheck is expanding into CutsCheck, a new web service to check out what the government spending cuts really mean. We’ll scrutinise the cuts ministers announce, scrutinising the figures to tell you who will be affected, where it’ll hurt most, and how much will really be saved.
During the Labour conference in Manchester, CutsCheck looks at the cuts the city council is making ahead of the comprehensive spending review next month.
A leaked report suggests 177 organisations face the axe and a further 30 under government review. However the head of one of the threatened bodies told Channel 4 News the move would not save money.
Cuts and a police “retreat from the streets” means law enforcement officers are failing to address the problem of anti-social behaviour, says Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary.
The head of the Royal Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, tells Channel 4 News cuts will mean fewer people in the RAF – but stresses it will remain one of the UK’s fighting forces.
A police chief warns that the police service must be kept strong to cope with rising social and industrial tensions as the coalition government carries out its austerity policies and spending cuts.
There is only one aim for the Union movement here in Manchester. Can they turn the government’s austerity drive from an issue of self interest into an issue of nationwide social justice?
Britain will become a “darker, brutish and more frightening place” as the government’s sweeping spending cuts take effect, the TUC leader Brendan Barber has warned.
Britain’s trade unions are gathering in Manchester today for the annual TUC congress with the threat of the biggest mass strikes by public sector workers since the poll tax riots of 1990.
George Osborne is called on for an emergency debate questioning the government’s programme of cuts, as the spectre of collective union strikes rises on the back of the TUC’s meeting in Manchester.
Budget cuts could prompt mass strikes by public sector workers and protests similar to the poll tax riots of 1990, the country’s top trade union warns.
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.
Where will the axe fall in “austerity Britain”? Channel 4 News Midlands Correspondent Darshna Soni looks at Nottinghamshire County Council which is pushing through some of the toughest measures yet.