Energy hikes ‘disappoint’ the Government, even as they know we face £2k annual energy bills
Faisal Islam unpicks the peculiar government response to inflates energy bills.
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Exclusive: A key Bank of England official tells Faisal Islam the bank would have “pressed the brakes” in 2004 before the credit crunch began.
Faisal Islam unpicks the peculiar government response to inflates energy bills.
Britain’s hard-pressed householders face a new blow, as the big power companies prepare a round of double-digit price rises. Faisal Islam says it will push up inflation and pressure interest rates.
Faisal Islam on the subtle change in the Chancellor’s stance on an economic “Plan B” – and the 400,000 jobs George Osborne says the media is not reporting.
Faisal Islam blogs on how the British economy did officially shrink in the last quarter – by a fraction of a per cent.
Faisal Islam spend’s time with the Chancellor on the way back from Brussels. He finds a politician settling into his job.
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is denied bail after being arrested on suspicion of attempted rape as Economics Editor Faisal Islam says the scandal “will matter” as austerity measures grip Europe.
Economics Editor Faisal Islam on why anaemic growth may be the way of the future for the UK economy.
Faisal Islam on the upcoming fiscal punch-up as the SNP wins the Scottish elections.
Shares in Lloyds Banking Group plummet after the bank takes a double blow from the Irish crisis and the Payment Protection Insurance scandal. Faisal Islam looks at how this hits the taxpayer.
Can the economy’s slow growth really be blamed on the harsh winter weather? Economics Editor Faisal Islam looks behind the headlines?
Can the economy recover when small businesses still face rising finance costs? (If they can get credit at all) Economics Editor Faisal Islam reports.
It is quite extraordinary that many of the 16-year-olds targeted by David Cameron’s National Citizen Service scheme will have £50 or £100 to spare in order to pay for work experience, blogs Faisal Islam.
Faisal Islam visits the Longbridge plant where ground breaking new manufacturing techniques have reinvigorated the famous car factory, but even this has only created one job for a 16-24 year old age bracket on a day that unemployment dropped overall but rose yet again for the UK youth sector.
As inflation falls Channel 4 News’ Economics Editor Faisal Islam says it is far too soon to be celebrating.