Helia Ebrahimi
Economics Correspondent at Channel 4 News
Economics Correspondent Channel 4 News .Reporting on monetary & fiscal policy + what it means for households + inequality. PP: Bank crises + health economics
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3 days ago |
channel4.com | Helia Ebrahimi
This time next week, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves will be delivering the Government’s Spending review – the treasury’s decision on which departments get the funding they want and which ones lose out. Today in Manchester she was rolling the pitch with hints she’d had to turn down what she called “some good projects” to keep within her fiscal rules.
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4 days ago |
channel4.com | Helia Ebrahimi
There are new questions about the survival of Thames Water. Drowning in debt, the troubled company has been desperately seeking a new investor to bail it out. But today, its preferred rescuer – the US financial giant KKR – said it was pulling out of a deal to pump in £4 billion of new equity to help keep it afloat. It raises the spectre of the government having to temporarily nationalise the UK’s biggest water company.
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2 weeks ago |
channel4.com | Helia Ebrahimi
Sir Keir Starmer may think the economy is doing better, but the dramatic rise in household bills last month pushed inflation to its highest level since January last year. It jumped to 3.5 per cent in April from 2.6 per cent in March. So how worried should we be?
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2 weeks ago |
channel4.com | Helia Ebrahimi
As we’ve heard, increased cooperation on defence is a critical part of the new deal with the European Union. Both sides are committed to sharp increases in their spending on military power – driven by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Trump’s demand that Europe looks after itself. But the extra investment could also provide a boost for countries desperate for faster growth.
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3 weeks ago |
channel4.com | Helia Ebrahimi
The British economy started the year with an unexpectedly strong burst of growth. Output grew by 0.7 per cent across the first three months of 2025. That’s welcome news for a government that’s been struggling to boost its popularity. But some economists have warned that this may be the high point for the year, as companies deal with the drag of President Trump’s trade war.
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