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 Bank of England has decided to hold interest rates steady at 0.1%, even though it thinks inflation will hit 5% next year – way above target.
Barclays boss Jes Staley has quit over the initial findings of an invesitgation by the City watchdog into the extent of his links with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Millions of people look set to be worse off next year due to the spiralling cost of living, weak economic growth and tax increases, according to a leading economic think tank.
What are the details of what Rishi Sunak has promised, and what does it say about the future of the UK economy?
The British economy had a rather downbeat summer, according to the latest official statistics.
The International Monetary Fund has downgraded its outlook for the UK economy, although Britain remains one of the fastest growing countries in the world.
Long hours, constant delays, a lack of proper rest facilities and the new headache of extra paperwork and red tape. Little wonder perhaps that there’s a severe shortage of lorry drivers in the UK. The government is trying to recruit thousands of them – but it’s not proving easy. So we’ve been out with one…
NatWest has admitted three counts of failing to properly monitor suspect activity by a customer who deposited hundreds of millions of pounds in its account, much of it in cash. It’s the first time a UK financial institution has faced criminal prosecution under anti money laundering laws and the state owned bank could now face…
The energy squeeze on British households looks set to intensify after wholesale gas prices shot up spectacularly this morning, rising by more than a third at one point. But prices then dropped back after an intervention from President Putin.
Faced with an economy battered by the pandemic and an uncertain future, is that kind of rosy confidence realistic?
At one point, it covered the wages of nearly a third of the country’s workforce. But today furlough comes to an end. Most economists believe that the multi-billion pound scheme saved Britain from mass unemployment during the Covid lockdown. Now it is disappearing just as the economy faces a new shock – with gas, petrol…
From failing energy companies and soaring gas prices to this acute HGV driver shortage, is there something fundamentally wrong with the UK economy, and is there a way out of it?
Now the Bank of England has predicted that rising domestic energy bills will push inflation above 4 per cent.
MPs have launched a blistering attack on the social media giant Google for failing to tackle online fraud.
The crisis that is cutting down many gas suppliers has raised questions about how vulnerable the energy market in this country has become to global shocks.