Energy price rises looking likely across the big six suppliers
The rest of the big six energy companies look likely to follow the lead of Scottish and Southern Energy who announced average price rises of over 8 per cent from next month.
Siobhan Kennedy , Washington Correspondent
Siobhan Kennedy is the Washington Correspondent for Channel 4 News, based in DC.
Siobhan joined Channel 4 News in 2008 where, as Business Editor, she covered the financial crisis, austerity and its impact on the British economy and more recently, Brexit.
Before that, as a reporter for The Times, she worked as Politics and Business Correspondent and prior to that was a correspondent for Reuters in London and New York, where she covered the tech boom and bust and 9/11. She returns to the US just in time for the 2020 election campaign.
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Paying to keep Britain’s lights on
The government is set to unveil a mega deal to secure Britain’s nuclear future as we turn to China to build Britain’s next generation of nuclear plants. But at what cost to the taxpayer?
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The grim reality of life on zero hours contracts
Hundreds of thousands of carers are on zero hours contracts. That means no job security or guaranteed hours and work that can be cancelled at the drop of a hat.
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Why has help to buy 2 been rushed out the door?
A lot of people were surprised at David Cameron’s decision to bring forward the Help to Buy 2 scheme, least of all his Business Secretary Vince Cable. But will the results of this decision be more alarming?
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Googling Google’s latest tax figures
Google has come under fire for its tax affairs in the past. As the company publishes its financial statement for 2012, Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy pores over the figures. Do they add up?
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Three of the ‘big six’ backtrack on fixed price energy bills
Energy companies reacted with horror to Labour’s pledge to freeze energy bills, saying the move would result in blackouts. But just days later three of the big six are now offering fixed energy bills.
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George Osborne denies taxpayer loss in Lloyds share sale
George Osborne denies that the government’s sale of 6 per cent of its shares in Lloyds has actually led to a loss for the British taxpayer.
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Lloyds: has the government really made a profit?
Channel 4 News Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy challenges Chancellor George Osborne on his claim that the taxpayer made a profit from the sale of Lloyds shares.
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The precision timing of Lloyds’ share sell-off
If anyone was in any doubt that the sale of Lloyds and RBS shares was politically motivated, Monday’s move by the Treasury was the proof that was needed.
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It’s a knockout – MPs grapple with new interest rate guidance
MPs were hoping to get clarity on Mark Carney’s “forward guidance” on interest rates today – but most were left scratching their heads.
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Can the British high street reinvent itself?
As Britain’s economy gradually hauls itself back to growth, Siobhan Kennedy hits the high street in Swindon to find out if locals think it can reinvent itself.
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MP arrested in anti-fracking protests as tensions rise
As anti-fracking protesters storm Cuadrilla HQ, Channel 4 News Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy reports from Balcombe where Green Party MP Caroline Lucas has been arrested.
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Worker blows the whistle on Tesco’s recruitment tactics
As questions are raised over the way some of Britain’s biggest businesses recruit their staff, a Tescos whistleblower tells Channel 4 News workers were forced to take a pay cut – or lose their jobs.
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Government to include Amazon in its zero hours probe
After Channel 4 News revealed how online retailer Amazon treats temporary staff working in the UK, the government announces it will include the company in its investigation into zero hour contracts.
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Is the number up for Amazon, Google and Starbucks on tax?
Why Friday could mark the end for multinationals using legal loopholes to make billions in the UK and then shift the profits out of the country to pay little or no tax.
