Exclusive: The Government is seriously underestimating the number of people in fuel poverty according to its own advisor, who tells Channel 4 News the situation is "dire". Siobhan Kennedy reports.

Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy suggests the ban on short-selling in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy could do more harm than good.

If anyone was hoping the US would shrug off its debt downgrade or the ECB decision to mop up risky Italian and Spanish bonds would have a positive effect, hopes have been dashed says Siobhan Kennedy.

European leaders are holding emergency talks in Brussels to deal with the unfolding financial crisis. Chancellor George Osborne says the consequences could be dire if leaders fail to "get a grip".

Europe's leaders remain divided over how to respond to the debt crisis which threatens the very existence of the Euro. Three days before a summit they must agree a second bailout package for Greece.

An influential investor in BSkyB tells our Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy that an increasing number of shareholders are calling for James Murdoch to step down as the company's chairman.

As calls grow for Rebekah Brooks to be sacked, Channel 4 News learns the axing of the News of the World may have "shifted" the fate of Rupert Murdoch's bid to take full control of BSkyB.

Britain's last train manufacturer, Bombardier, is set to cut as many as 2,000 jobs after the Government awarded the £1.5 bn Thameslink contract to a German rival.

The Bribery Act 2010, which comes into effect on 1 July, aims to encourage businesses to expose corruption within their organisations by making it a criminal offence to give or receive a bribe.

Europe's leaders are tonight locked in crisis talks to try and rescue Greece, as signs of a tentative deal with lending banks emerged that could help stave off bankruptcy.