Living standards crisis is a housing crisis
Seaside Devon shows starkly how high house prices are pushing down quality of life. We meet local people affected by the squeeze and asks if a housebuilding push can help.
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Hardship payment grants to people on benefits could be replaced by loans under welfare reform plans being considered by the Government.
The number of homeowners struggling to repay their mortgage rises by 80 per cent in the last year, according to the housing charity Shelter.
Child benefits will be axed for higher rate taxpayers from 2013, George Osborne tells the Conservative party conference. One Minister tells Channel 4 News other universal benefits are safe.
People who get government help to pay their mortgage interest are going to see that help cut by half from October 1st. It may save £15m but who’s it going to hit the hardest?
Bianca Millier-Cole, who writes about business start-ups and founded her own company, and Sacha Romanovitch, CEO at the professional services company Grant Thornton, discuss executive pay.
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has told this programme he’s prepared to scrap Labour’s plan for a hike in corporation tax, if there’s another way to raise the money. Most business leaders assume life under a Corbyn-led government will be high taxation and spending, alongside punitive limits on profits and executive pay. So can Mr McDonnell’s…
For the second time in a week, the prime minister has thrown down the gauntlet – this time to business executives attending the world economic forum in Davos.
David Cameron orders an inquiry into the “intimidation” tactics of the trade unions in the wake of the Grangemouth oil refinery closure but is warned against the risk of “union-bashing”.
Former BBC director general Mark Thompson tells MPs that the corporation did not “lose the plot” when it agreed a pay-off of almost £1m to his former deputy Mark Byford.
He was head of the BBC when Newsnight spiked its Savile investigation. Now Mark Thompson speaks exclusively to Channel 4 News about what he knew – and insists he has nothing to hide.
Seaside Devon shows starkly how high house prices are pushing down quality of life. We meet local people affected by the squeeze and asks if a housebuilding push can help.
Offered the chance to bash a banker, Swiss voters have gone most of the way, making Britain seem even more out of step – not only with Europe but also with public opinion.
A year ago, activists pitched tents in New York’s Zucotti Park and the global Occupy protest movement was born. But has it actually changed anything? Channel 4 News takes a look.
Shareholder anger over salaries and bonuses has forced the resignation of top company bosses. But do not mistake this for an anti-capitalist revolution, writes Business Correspondent Sarah Smith.
After triumphing in the first round of the French presidential elections, Francois Hollande is now favourite to move into the Elysee Palace. Channel 4 News looks at what he stands for.