Faisal Islam
Bad news for Osborne as Britain is put on negative outlook
A second ratings agency has effectively lowered their assessment of Britain’s creditworthiness, just days before an important Budget.
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Gary Gibbon
Crunch budget meeting slips to Monday
With the budget looming the coalition’s top politicians are still struggling to nail down what it will include, reports Gary Gibbon.
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Coalition could scrap 50p tax rate
Business Secretary Vince Cable confirms to Channel 4 News that the Liberal Democrats are pushing for a shift in this month’s budget away from the 50p tax rate and towards a “mansion tax”.
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Council workers face another pay freeze
Union leaders are threatening industrial action, after local authorities said 1.6 million council workers are to be hit by a pay freeze for the third year in a row.
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Obama’s budget: more spending, higher taxes
US President Barack Obama’s $3.8tr budget calls for “shared responsibilities” – but Republicans say he has broken his promise to slash the deficit.
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Is the younger generation getting a raw deal?
With austerity looming, pension strikes back on the agenda and youth unemployment on the rise, is intergenerational conflict inevitable? Channel 4 News hears from both sides.
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‘Society must not ignore the old’
Amid growing fears of intergenerational conflict in difficult economic times, Saga’s Ros Altmann writes for Channel 4 News on why the needs, rights and talents of our ageing population matter.
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Gary Gibbon
Government borrowing hits new highs
The instant reactions of our political editor, Gary Gibbon, to the chancellor’s autumn statement.
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Gary Gibbon
Autumn statement: expect a marked deterioration since March
Things have already deteriorated since the March budget – and borrowing is set to rocket still more to the sort of numbers that Osborne ridiculed in Labour’s plans.
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Osborne plans boost for parents amid economy gloom
Working parents and businesses will benefit most from George Osborne’s autumn statement, as the chancellor tries to boost the ailing UK economy. Channel 4 News looks at what to watch out for.
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Autumn statement: winners and losers
Britain’s economic prospects take a hammering in Chancellor George Osborne’s autumn statement, as Economics Editor Faisal Islam explains.
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Growth down, borrowing up, says Osborne
Britain’s economic prospects take a hammering as Chancellor George Osborne’s autumn statement reveals that growth will be lower than expected and borrowing far higher.
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Who’s who in Team Osborne?
Ahead of his autumn statement, Channel 4 News looks at the political team helping Chancellor George Osborne try to deliver a progressive economic policy.
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Osborne to announce £5bn investment programme
Chancellor George Osborne is set to inject an extra £5bn of capital investment in a bid to stop Britain’s economy from falling back into a recession.
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Hundreds arrested at US Occupy protests
More than 300 people have been arrested across the US as the Occupy movement against corporate greed marked two months of protests with a national day of action.
