Economic crisis: special report

A leading UK regulator has warned that efforts by banks lobbying against tougher regulations are “intellectually dishonest and potentially damaging.”

The salaries of Britain’s executives are “corrosive” to the economy and “out of control”, according to an independent report by the High Pay Commission.

The High Pay Commission is critical of top bosses’ salaries. But why is the gap between executive pay and that of ordinary workers so big? And how do you achieve more transparency on remuneration?

Eighteen Church of England bishops have criticised the government’s welfare reforms, which they say will leave children facing “severe poverty and potentially homelessness”.

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.

Speaking after talks in Berlin, David Cameron concedes the UK and Germany do not agree on every aspect of European policy, while Angela Merkel stresses that both countries “need each other”.

As David Cameron prepares to meet Chancellor Merkel in Berlin on Friday, tensions between countries within the EU have rarely been higher – and UK-German relations are no exception.

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.

As the Bank of England lowers its forecasts, an economist tells Channel 4 News Britain is unlikely to grow at all next year.

Youth unemployment has reached a record high of 1.02 million, with 22 per cent of 16- to 24-year-olds out of work.

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?

Rolls-Royce is the poster boy for British manufacturing, but what is the future for the sector the government hopes can pull the UK out of recession? Business Correspondent Sarah Smith investigates.

Can the government afford to give in to pressure from campaigners and scrap its planned 4p rise in fuel duty? Channel 4 News speaks to the experts.

Inflation may rise again this year before dropping significantly in 2012, a former Bank of England economist tells Channel 4 News.

The job market in the UK faces a “slow, painful contraction” as employers hold back on recruitment, warns the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.