Spending cuts

More than 200,000 families will lose tax credits worth almost £4,000 a year unless they significantly increase their working hours, according to figures highlighted by Labour today.

Low to middle income earners will not see their disposable income approach pre-recession levels until 2020 at best, a report from a leading think tank warns.

The amendment to hold an independent review of the welfare reform bill has been defeated by 229 to 213, Government majority 16.

The camping and outdoor chain Blacks has gone into administration – the latest retailer brought down by the economic downturn. Channel 4 News looks at which shops are facing the most pain.

With austerity looming, pension strikes back on the agenda and youth unemployment on the rise, is intergenerational conflict inevitable? Channel 4 News hears from both sides.

“Don’t let the sun go down on solar” – two parliamentary committees warn that planned changes to subsidies for solar power are too rushed.

Chancellor George Osborne warns Britain will “find it difficult to avoid a recession” if growth in Europe grinds to a halt, while France’s central banker says Europe faces “a true financial crisis”.

As Chancellor George Osborne announces that growth will be lower than forecast, Channel 4 News asks economists how they would boost activity.

With the OECD think tank predicting for the first time that Britain is about to slip back into recession, tomorrow’s autumn statement will include a slew of policies to boost growth.

Chancellor George Osborne is set to inject an extra £5bn of capital investment in a bid to stop Britain’s economy from falling back into a recession.

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

A report from the Royal College of Nursing warning of a staffing crisis at the NHS is dismissed by health secretary Andrew Lansley as “scaremongering”.

A leaked classified memo suggests 16,500 army personnel, including as many as 2,500 wounded soldiers, could be made redundant by April 2015. The MoD has rejected the information as “incorrect”.

Thousands of officers on duty in central London in a bid to keep the streets calm as protesters march against the goverment’s plans for higher education.

As police warn they could use rubber bullets at the higher education march, a student protest group tells Channel 4 News it is a “scare tactic” aimed at stopping people attending the demo.