Economic crisis: special report

With the double-dip recession deepening, Channel 4 News considers the importance of construction to the economy.

The former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank is charged in Ireland over a failed insider trading scam.

George Osborne needs to give up being the Tory strategy chief and concentrate on running the ailing economy, claims ex-chancellor Lord Lawson.

Shoppers were rained away from the high street in June, figures show, but can the Olympics and Paralympics Games 2012 save retailers from the gloom?

Plans for a mixture of loans and guarantees to boost UK infrastructure and exports are unveiled by the government – but will this provide the economic jumpstart the UK needs?

Former Barclays boss Bob Diamond forgoes a potential £20m in bonuses and share awards, but will still walk away with up to £2m.

In the wake of the Barclays rate-fixing scandal, the Commons rejects Labour’s motion for a judge-led probe in favour of a parliamentary inquiry led by Treasury select committee chairman Andrew Tyrie.

As Bob Diamond resigns as chief executive of Barclays, Channel 4 News charts the career of a top financier who once famously said that the “period of remorse” for banks was over.

Following revelations from Channel 4 News about the failings of welfare-to-work company A4e, further statistics show their poor performance happening in a region where jobs are plentiful.

Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland agree to compensate thousands of business customers after the Financial Services Authority finds they mis-sold specialist insurance on loans.

As the Governor of the Bank of England launches a scathing attack on banks, Bob Diamond, the embattled chief executive of Barclays Bank, says he will not resign.

Barclays is to pay £290m in fines for attempting to manipulate inter-bank lending rates for its own gain as its chief executive agrees to give up his bonus.

Fears rise of increased borrowings costs after Moody’s downgrades 15 financial institutions including Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and HSBC.

The government’s spending cuts create recruitment problems for public sector organisations as people “shy away” from the sector, a new report warns.

Plans for a multi-billion pound emergency bank funding scheme are the latest attempt to spark the UK’s economy – but will they work?