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.
The International Monetary Fund has warned the UK not to make further tax cuts – describing the Treasury’s spending plans for this year as unrealistic. The IMF has advised the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to prioritise vital services like the NHS and education instead of tax giveaways.
Councils in England have been given an emergency £600 million by the Government to stave off financial crisis after Tory MPs threatened a rebellion over the prospect of steep spending cuts in an election year.
There’s been an unexpected increase in the rate of inflation. It’s the first rise in inflation for 10 months and could mean that the Bank of England delays any cuts in interest rates this year.
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The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has warned that the party won’t “quickly turn on the spending taps” if they win the next general election – insisting that economic growth must raise living standards in every community.
Rishi Sunak has announced 29.5 billion pounds of foreign investment in Britain at a gathering of global elites in Hampton Court Palace.
Are we on the road back to Austerity? That was the warning today from the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Its analysis of yesterday’s Autumn Statement says the Chancellor’s tax cuts imply a very tight public spending squeeze in the future.
Economics Correspondent Helia Ebrahimi has been busy analysing all the numbers and answers the question: is this really the biggest tax cut since the 1980s?
Rishi Sunak has promised taxes will come down “over time” – as he set out what he called the “next phase” of the Government’s plans to boost the economy.
The chancellor will set out the government’s spending plans next week in his autumn statement – including tougher rules for benefit claimants.
UK inflation has fallen sharply to 4.6% in October, according to new figures – its lowest level for more than two years.
Britain’s economy failed to grow in the third quarter of the year – but that was better than the drop which had been predicted, and means the country has avoided slipping into recession.
It’s a who’s who of politics and the tech industry – hailed by allies of Rishi Sunak as a diplomatic coup for the UK government. US Vice President Kamala Harris, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen and tech titan Elon Musk are among those congregating in Bletchley Park to discuss the risks of AI.
Elon Musk and Kamala Harris attended the AI safety summit, along with other high-profile leaders in tech, hosted at Bletchley Park in the UK.
There’s a £24 billion black hole of underinvestment in Britain’s infrastructure – which has left it crumbling away, according to the Institute for Government think tank – in its exclusive research for Channel 4 News. They’ve been investigating the result of more than a decade of cuts in public spending.