Business

We speak to Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds.

There is more evidence that things will get tougher before they get better, as figures showed the UK economy shrank by 2.6% in November as England went into lockdown for a second time. 

Fishing was supposed to be a major upside of Brexit, but parts of the industry are finding themselves in crisis. 

The Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has warned that there will be “significant additional disruption” at the country’s borders in the next few weeks.  

A week after Brexit, is the next development of Frankenstein food heading for our tables? That’s what environmental campaigners are claiming, as the government launched a consultation on gene editing of crops and livestock. Until now the practice has been banned under strict European rules, but ministers claim it will mean healthier food and clear…

We ask three Channel 4 News reporters, with very different areas of expertise, what the future might hold.

Traffic to Dover had already been disrupted for more than a week, but the travel ban put in place by France last night has piled on the pressure in Kent.

Another key ruling has disappointed environmental campaigners. The prospect of a third runway at London’s Heathrow has been given a boost after the airport’s owners won a challenge at the Supreme Court. It means they can now seek planning permission for the runway, which had previously been blocked by the Court of Appeal for failing…

The number of people in the UK who’ve been laid off has soared to a record high. 

For businesses, it’s all a waiting game. Meanwhile, the uncertainty continues. 

We were joined by Belgian MEP Phillippe Lamberts, who sits on the European Parliament’s UK Coordination Group, and Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen.

The end of the Brexit transition period inches ever nearer, and with the passing of each day the negotiations over a trade deal get closer and closer to success or failure.

Debenhams is set to close all its 124 stores, putting the jobs of 12,000 employees at risk.

We were joined by Lord Myners, who was city minister under Gordon Brown.

We’re joined by Treasury minister, John Glen, and the shadow business minister, Lucy Powell.