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IMF cuts growth forecast and issues challenge to Osborne
16 April 2013
The International Monetary Fund lowers its growth forecast for the UK and says Chancellor George Osborne should consider changing his austerity policies.
Criminals could pay for costs of justice system
09 April 2013
Criminals will be made contribute to the cost of the justice system under a new system announced by the Justice Secretary.
Welfare reforms won't cut Britain's benefit bill
30 March 2013
Iain Duncan Smith admits that controversial welfare reforms due to come in next week will not be enough to cut Britain's benefit bill
Disabled people 'hit by multiple benefit cuts'
27 March 2013
Hundreds of thousands of disabled people will be worse off as a result of six different benefit cuts, according to Scope.
Easterhouse: harsh reality behind benefits 'revolution'
19 March 2013
When Iain Duncan Smith came to Easterhouse in Glasgow more than a decade ago, he pledged to change the system to help some of Britain's poorest. But the change has not been what residents hoped for.
Zombie Britain: countdown to budget 2013
14 March 2013
Chancellor George Osborne faces his biggest test: how to revive a zombie economy - watch Channel 4 News and visit channel4.com/news for all the analysis of budget 2013 - Wednesday 20 March.
Disabled living fund changes challenged at high court
13 March 2013
Five disabled people are challenging a plan to change the way their care is funded by the government, arguing it undermines the state's duty to promote independent living for the disabled.
Archbishops warn families 'will pay the price' of reforms
10 March 2013
The Archbishop of Canterbury is among 43 bishops condemning government plans to change the benefits system, saying it will have a "deeply disproportionate" effect on children.
'Bedroom tax' will ease overcrowding problem says MP
06 February 2013
MP Mark Field says the reforms to housing benefit which will cut the income of social housing tenants deemed to have spare rooms is necessary to ease overcrowding for other families.
'Bedroom tax' will cost taxpayers more
06 February 2013
The government's controversial new "bedroom tax" will cost rather than save money in parts of the country, it has been claimed. Reporter Ciaran Jenkins explains.
