Economic crisis: special report

A third of high streets are “degenerating or failing”, according to a government commissioned review by TV retail expert Mary Portas.

Inflation eases slightly in November for a second successive month, raising expectations that the Bank of England will be able to provide additional stimulus for the economy next year.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso criticises the UK’s approach to negotiations at last week’s Brussels summit, saying British demands risked compromising the internal market.

As an FSA report into the failure of Royal Bank of Scotland blames its own light-touch regulation and poor management, the bank’s chairman tells Channel 4 News he supports tougher sanctions.

As David Cameron makes efforts to smooth the growing Europe rift inside the coalition, Political Editor Gary Gibbon says Nick Clegg’s absence in the Commons was the key talking point earlier.

The UK emerged from last week’s Brussels summit with a “bad deal”, says Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who fears Britain will now become “isolated and marginalised” within the EU.

A report into the failure of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) by the FSA will blame light-touch regulation and a catalogue of financial errors for pushing it to a taxpayer bailout in 2008.

As Conservative backbench MPs welcome David Cameron home from Brussels after his decision to veto EU treaty changes, is the euro actually any closer to being saved?

Prime Minister David Cameron tells Political Editor Gary Gibbon that he stands by the decision to veto an EU treaty to stabilise the euro, maintaining that Britain will “keep its influence.”

As a ratings agency threatens to downgrade not only France and Germany but the eurozone bailout fund itself, Channel 4 News looks at how investors are reacting and what it could mean.

As figures show the worst retail sales growth for six months, Channel 4 News looks at which towns and cities in the UK are best placed to weather the economic crisis.

As Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel discuss the eurozone debt crisis in Paris, an economist tells Channel 4 News the single currency cannot survive in its present form.

As France and Germany push for sanctions for eurozone members who break borrowing limits, Channel 4 News can reveal that both countries are among the worst offenders.

After key talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy says Europe needs a new treaty – as six Euro countries face credit downgrade.

Nick Clegg is pledging to balance austerity in the public sector with a crackdown on top corporate pay so state employees do not feel like they are doing “all the heavy lifting”.