As trade unionists, anti-cuts campaigners and health workers demonstrate in protest at planned health reforms, Lord Owen warns that the NHS could be unrecognisable in 10 years’ time.
One Primary Care Trust spent more than £14,600 last year on staff motivation events, including an awards ceremony, executive away days and a Christmas dinner, Channel 4 News can reveal.
A leading public health doctor tells Channel 4 News that private sector “sharks are circling around the NHS” hoping to make profits from the government’s health reforms.
Stock markets around the world drop as indebted Greece says it will miss its deficit reduction target.
As inspectors arrive in Greece to discuss bailing out the country’s economy, the president of the European Commission says the EU is facing the biggest challenge in its history.
What happens if Europe’s politicians fail to resolve Greece’s debt problems? Channel 4 News looks at the repercussions.
Share prices increase as a 3tr euro package is proposed to save the single currency from collapse. Channel 4 News Economics Editor Faisal Islam reports from Greece.
Are Private Finance Initiative (PFI) schemes worth the money? An expert picks apart the complex funding model for building schools, hospitals and more, for Channel 4 News.
Unemployment is rising at its fastest level for two years, as the number of young people without jobs surges.
The Prime Minister says flooding London with extra officers helped calm tensions, and water cannon will be available if trouble flares up again.
Public sector workers have reacted angrily to having to pay more in pension contributions from April 2012. But a pensions expert tells Channel 4 News they still have a generous deal.
A leading public interest lawyer tells Channel 4 News the Government should expect more legal challenges against spending cuts, following a court battle over library closures in Gloucestershire.
Gary Gibbon
The war of competing numbers on the effect of the one-day strike of public sector workers is just the beginning of the battle for support between Government and unions, writes Gary Gibbon.
Hundreds of thousands of teachers and civil servants walkout in a 24 hour strike in a bitter row over pension reform. Join the Channel 4 News live blog for the latest news and have your say.
As hundreds of thousands of workers, including teachers, go on strike, Channel 4 News speaks to parents who are for and against the walkout.