Victoria Macdonald
Why has it rained on the doctors’ parade?
Why has the doctors’ industrial action turned into a damp squib, asks Victoria MacDonald.
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FactCheck: How many pensioners are selling their homes to pay for care?
“When we contacted both those organisations, they distanced themselves from the claim, saying they had never made any assessment of how many homes are sold each year to finance healthcare.”
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Bank of England prints more cash to boost economy
Another £50bn has been injected into the economy as Britain struggles to climb out of the double-dip recession – but pensioners and savers say they will come off worse.
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Is it time to switch to an ethical bank account?
As applications to ethical banking rise following a bad week for the big five banks, Channel 4 News looks at the alternatives to high street banking.
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Victoria Macdonald
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Historic strike by doctors over pensions reforms
Doctors are taking industrial action for the first time in 40 years in a dispute with the government over changes to their pensions.
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Have doctors lost the pensions PR battle?
As doctors stage industrial action for the first time in 40 years, Channel 4 News asks if the move has lost them goodwill?
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Victoria Macdonald
Doctors’ strike will challenge the government
Wherever people’s sympathies lie, this is a difficult moment for the government, to be presiding over policies which will lead to the first industrial action by doctors since the 70s.
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Police officers turn on Theresa May over cuts
The Home Secretary is heckled as she addresses the Police Federation. Officers wave placards declaring “enough is enough” in protest at funding cuts.
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30,000 police march through London in protest over cuts
More than 30,000 off-duty police officers march through central London in protest at cuts aimed at reducing their numbers by 20 per cent.
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Spain rescues bank as spectre of Irish property crash looms
Spain partially nationalised banking giant Bankia SA after concerns about its real estate exposure in a scenario reminiscent of the Irish crisis following the 2008 implosion of Lehman Bros.
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Public sector workers strike over pensions
Tens of thousands of civil servants are striking on Thursday in a dispute over the government’s public sector pensions reforms.
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The public sector pensions higher than the average wage
Almost 80,000 retired public sector workers are receiving pensions of £25,900 a year or above – more than the average yearly salary – according to new research.
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Osborne defends £10bn loan to IMF
In an interview with Channel 4 News Chancellor George Osborne defends his decision to give an extra £10bn loan to the International Monetary Fund while preaching austerity measures at home.
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FactCheck: Generation game – who’s better off?
Which generation has been hit hardest by the government’s austerity measures? It is the question that has been at the top of the political agenda since the budget sparked accusations that the government was raiding pensioner’s pockets with a new Granny Tax. FactCheck investigates.
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Generation game: who’s better off?
The Channel 4 News FactCheck team looks at how three generations have fared financially – from the baby boomers to today’s school leavers.
