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.
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.
Rising petrol prices mean that inflation didn’t fall as expected last month. Instead, the annual rate of inflation remained stuck at 6.7%. There’s concern that growing international tensions will push up energy prices even more, meaning inflation here stays higher for longer.
Shares in Metro Bank, which was founded in the wake of the financial crisis, have fallen sharply today, after reports that it’s seeking to raise hundreds of millions of pounds in extra funds.
Andy Haldane, the former chief economist at the Bank of England, has jumped into the controversy over the future of the HS2 high-speed rail link.
For the first time in nearly two years the Bank of England has frozen interest rates.
Amid a flurry of mixed signals on the state of the British economy, new figures show it shrank last month at a much faster pace than expected. The Office for National Statistics said GDP fell by 0.5% in July – blaming the rainy weather and widespread strikes. But just a few days ago the ONS…