Helia Ebrahimi , Economics Correspondent

Helia Ebrahimi is the Economics Correspondent for Channel 4 News.

Channel 4 News' Economics Correspondent Helia Ebrahimi reports on the big changes in the economy and the public finances - and how they'll influence the world you live in.

  • 15 Feb 2017

    If some workers are having to dig deep to save their jobs, Britain’s labour market appears to be booming, with more people in work than ever before and unemployment at its lowest level in over a decade.

  • 14 Feb 2017

    There are new questions this evening over the future of Britain’s planned nuclear power programme after Toshiba reported multi-million pound losses, triggering the resignation of its chairman.

  • 12 Feb 2017

    The leader of the Commons has warned that the Speaker John Bercow needs to retain the confidence of MPs – after he revealed to students at Reading University that he’d voted for Britain to stay in the EU.

  • 11 Feb 2017

    Tens of thousands of people have urged the Prime Minister to continue providing a safe haven for unaccompanied child refugees.

  • 7 Feb 2017

    The average house price is now ten times the average yearly income. Getting on the housing ladder is an impossible dream while rising rents are a miserable reality for millions. The answer? At least a quarter of a million new homes a year, according to ministers.

  • 2 Feb 2017

    The Bank of England has announced a dramatic rise in its growth forecast for the next two years while keeping interest rates on hold again. The Bank’s governor Mark Carney warned the “Brexit journey” was only just beginning, but he also had a wider message, saying politicians are becoming more important to the world economy…

  • 31 Jan 2017

    We were hoping to bring you a report tonight on the Government’s new plans to solve Britain’s housing crisis. Unfortunately, once again, the white paper has failed to materialise.

  • 25 Jan 2017

    America’s financial markets are certainly on a high about Donald Trump and what his economic policies could bring.

  • 18 Jan 2017

    While Boris Johnson says he can sketch out post-Brexit trade deals on the back of an envelope, one of the world’s most powerful trading nations, China, has just opened a new route into Britain.

  • 11 Jan 2017

    While Trump spoke the markets gyrated wildly up and down.

  • 10 Jan 2017

    Boris Johnson has returned from his trip to Washington to make contact with the new administration fired up by their apparent enthusiasm for a trade deal with the UK.

  • 9 Jan 2017

    If failings in the public services are among the “everyday injustices” Theresa May wants to tackle, she only had to look out of any window in London today to find an example. A 24-hour strike by London Underground workers forced two million commuters to find alternative ways into work and brought gridlock to the capital’s…

  • 23 Nov 2016

    The Office for Budget Responsibility says that Brexit will result in £58.7bn of extra borrowing over the next five years, with the economy set to be 2.4 per cent smaller than it otherwise would have been.

  • 21 Nov 2016

    They’re young, they’re smart and they’re tech-savvy, but could they be heading to Germany? Amid all the uncertainty about doing business and working in post-Brexit Britain, Berlin is over here, trying to lure tech sector talent over there.

  • 20 Nov 2016

    Jam today says the government as the Chancellor pledges more help for families termed the ‘JAMs’ – aka ‘Just About Managing’. But as Philip Hammond warns the economy still faces a sharp challenge will there really be much to go around?