The government’s borrowing for August was the highest since records began, adding to doubts that the coalition will be able to meet its deficit reduction targets this year.
The International Monetary Fund says economic growth in Britain will be lower than expected this year and the government may have to delay its tax and spending plans.
As the IMF cuts its growth forecast for the British economy, Channel 4 News explains what it means for our money.
The European Union will not make a decision about the next tranche of bailout money for Greece until October, weeks later than expected.
Euro crisis, poor jobs figures, massive national strikes, on top of high inflation squeezing living standards – Economics Editor Faisal Islam reports on the political response to the economic bad weather.
Unions representing over 3 million workers in the public and private sectors across the UK are balloting their members on a nationwide “day of action” on November 30.
As unemployment surges upwards, jobseekers tell Channel 4 News why they are struggling to find work and what practical changes they want to see in the jobs market.
Unemployment is rising at its fastest level for two years, as the number of young people without jobs surges.
There are nearly 1,500 “rogue” landlords in England, research by the housing charity Shelter shows.
Ed Miliband is heckled at the TUC conference where, as Economics Editor Faisal Islam writes, Britain’s biggest unions are poised to call for a “general strike” over public sector pensions.
President Obama sends his American Jobs Act to Congress, along with plans for budget cuts to pay for it all. And he warns his Republican rivals: the only thing stopping the plan is politics.
The head of the International Monetary Fund warns that Britain must be ready to respond to the sluggish global recovery.
As 20 leading economists call on the Chancellor to scrap the 50p top rate of tax, one of them tells Channel 4 News Britain’s economy is likely to be damaged unless action is taken.
People in some rural parts of a Lancashire borough now have to remove their own rubbish, as the council tries to save money on bin rounds.
Jon Snow’s investigation into rogue landlords for Dispatches learns that despite warnings to the government about the scale of the problem, cuts to local authorities are making things even worse.