Do tough times bind the coalition tighter and longer?
The coalition has effectively already started shading in the cash envelope but there is, on current numbers, £24bn still to colour in. The significance of that? Enormous.
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.
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.
The coalition has effectively already started shading in the cash envelope but there is, on current numbers, £24bn still to colour in. The significance of that? Enormous.
The big theme of the autumn statement is a £30bn infrastucture programme. But a top economist tells Channel 4 News he expects this to be “aspirational”, not “signed, sealed and delivered”.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is expected to announce £1bn, opportunities for 500,000 18-24-year-olds, and funding for work placements, apprenticeships and work experience to fend off the scourge of youth unemployment.
Many Lib Dem activists are unhappy about the party’s decision not to run candidates in next year’s elections for police commissioners in England and Wales.
Young graduates tell Channel 4 News they are ‘treated as slave labour’ – but an online fightback gathers strength, with campaigners warning they will go to court to get payment.
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.
Conservative MP Douglas Carswell tells Channel 4 News why he plans to defy a three-line whip and vote for a rebel motion on Europe.
MPs reject a call for a referendum on Europe – but rebels voting against the government have dealt Prime Minister David Cameron a major blow to his authority.
With inflation rising to match record highs, Channel 4 News looks at the effect on the economy and consumer and considers if there are any reasons to be cheerful.
The situation in Afghanistan is serious but improving 10 years after the invasion, Britain’s special representative to the country tells Channel 4 News.
The government says an extra 80,000 low income families will be eligible for help with the costs of childcare under new plans.
Prime Minister David Cameron uses his keynote speech to the Conservative conference to pledge a return of right to buy, tax breaks for married couples, and the legalisation of gay marriage.
On the margins of this week’s Conservative Party conference, blogs Jon Snow, there are party members saying things that would never be said from the podium.