UK economy

The number of families using ‘Baby Banks’ for essential items like nappies and formula has jumped by more than 50% since 2021, figures shared with Channel 4 News have revealed. 

Reform UK leader Richard Tice tells Cathy Newman his net-zero migration policy will improve the NHS and economic growth.

We spoke to Siva Anandaciva, chief analyst and author of the King’s Fund report, and began by asking him whether he thought the main reason for poor health outcomes was down to a lack of investment.

The NHS is performing substantially less well than health systems in similar countries, according to a detailed study from the influential think tank, The King’s Fund.

With Theresa May’s Brexit deal struggling to get support in the House of Commons, a number of MPs believe the country is getting closer to a No-Deal Brexit. Some politicians say it could be a great opportunity; others warn of Britain “crashing out”. But what do people away from Westminster think might happen in the case…

If the merger happens, Sainsbury’s and Asda would leapfrog Tesco to become the biggest beast in Britain’s supermarket sector. Discussions with Asda’s US owners are “advanced”, Sainsbury said in a statement issued today.

While Trump spoke the markets gyrated wildly up and down.

The IFS is predicting that workers will earn less in “real wages” in 2021 than they did in 2008. Just a day after a budget that was supposed to help families who are “just about managing” or Jams, the IFS analysis has cast new doubt on whether it will really make any difference.

David Cameron says he will stand down as Prime Minister as the UK votes to leave the European Union, while Scotland’s First Minister says a second independence referendum is “highly likely”.

Heads of more than a third of the country’s biggest businesses are supporting Britain’s continued membership of the EU ahead of the June referendum.