Greece’s two main parties – PASOK and New Democracy – were expected to incur huge losses when polls closed Sunday night as their popularity plunges to lows not seen since the 1974.
As MPs debate George Osborne’s budget, the National Pensioners Convention lobbies parliament over cuts to older people’s tax allowances.
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The government’s suggestion of capping tax relief on charitable giving would be unthinkable in the US, where philanthropy is a full time job for some of America’s richest individuals.
Channel 4 reporter Ciaran Jenkins returns to his home town Merthyr Tydfil, where the government’s drive to get people off benefits and back to work is likely to prove especially challenging.
Chancellor George Osborne cuts the 50p rate of tax to 45p from April 2013 and announces changes to his plans to withdraw child benefit from all 40p taxpayers.
The government announces changes to its policy of docking young people’s benefits if they leave work experience placements after their first week.
The chairman of one of Britain’s leading welfare-to-work companies resigns – the day after quitting her post as the government’s “family champion”.
With the government’s welfare-to-work programme in the spotlight, Channel 4 News looks at the schemes on offer for the unemployed.
Emma Harrison, the head of a welfare-to-work firm which is being investigated over fraud allegations, has resigned from her post as David Cameron’s “Families Champion”.
A4e, the company at the heart of the Government’s flagship Work Programme, has been forced to pay back public money five times after a series of investigations into allegations of fraud.
As more companies reconsider the government’s unpaid work experience scheme, Tesco decides to offer paid placements – and advises ministers to remove the sanctions for participants who drop out.
A charity that provides free breakfasts to primary schools tells Channel 4 News it has seen a four-fold rise in its waiting list in the last four months, amid fears child poverty is on the rise.
The coalition wants to end fuel poverty by 2016, and consumer groups are fighting for “fairer” energy prices. But as Channel 4 News reveals, there are still more people in fuel poverty than ever.
The government has overturned three of the seven amendments to its welfare bill proposed by the House of Lords last week. Further votes, including one on a benefits cap, are due later today.
With the House of Lords voting on the proposed £26,000 benefits cap, Channel 4 News looks at how the government’s plans will affect people across the country.