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NHS nears ‘crisis point’ as job losses double
A report from the Royal College of Nursing warning of a staffing crisis at the NHS is dismissed by health secretary Andrew Lansley as “scaremongering”.
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Coalition has ‘cast us aside’, say jobless women
As the latest unemployment figures are released, Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long looks at one group of people who seem to be particularly badly affected – women.
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Which countries provide the best job opportunities?
With unemployment rising to the highest level since 1994, more Britons are grabbing their passports and moving abroad. But which countries provide the best opportunities?
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Land Rover to create 1,000 new jobs
Car giant Jaguar Land Rover is creating 1,000 new jobs in the west Midlands to support a boost in production over the next five years.
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Government job figures ‘over-optimistic’
Nick Clegg’s announcement that 37,000 new jobs will be created by using £1bn from the regional growth fund may be over-optimistic, a leading economist tells Channel 4 News.
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Global economy ‘on verge of jobs recession’
As leading organisations warn problems in the global economy could lead to international unrest, Gary Gibbon reports on the latest setback in the eurozone crisis – a Greek referendum on the bailout.
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Cameron promises homes and jobs
David Cameron promises 200,000 new homes and up to 400,000 jobs as a Channel 4 News/YouGov poll reveals the public sees the prime minister as more right-wing than they did before the recession.
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BAE Systems to cut almost 3,000 UK jobs
As BAE Systems announces several thousand job losses at a number of its UK locations, a defence economist tells Channel 4 News government spending cuts are to blame.
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Thousands of job losses at BAE systems
Defence company BAE Systems makes almost 3,000 workers redundant due to slower than expected sales of the Eurofighter jet plane.
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£355m Jaguar investment could create 750 jobs
Car giant Jaguar Land Rover announces a multi-million pounds investment which could bring hundreds of jobs to the employment-starved Midlands.
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HSBC to cut 30,000 jobs
Banking giant HSBC warns it will cut 30,000 jobs worldwide by 2013 as part of a restructuring plan.
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Bombardier confirms 1,400 jobs to go
British train manufacturer Bombardier confirms it will shed 1,400 jobs after a Government decision to award the £1.5bn Thameslink contract to a German rival.
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Train builder to cut 2,000 jobs
Britain’s last train manufacturer, Bombardier, is set to cut as many as 2,000 jobs after the Government awarded the £1.5 bn Thameslink contract to a German rival.
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Lloyds axe 15,000 jobs in plan to save £1.5bn
Lloyds Banking Group will cut 15,000 more jobs by 2014 as part of new Chief Executive Antonio Horta-Osorio’s strategic review.
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Jobs at risk as Habitat goes into administration
Habitat stores outside London are put into administration threatening 900 jobs in the indebted furniture chain, while a £25m deal sees branches in the capital sold to the owner of Argos.