Share of London homes sold at a loss higher than anywhere else in England and Wales

Lossmaking sales are the latest sign of weakness in the capital’s property market

Posted on Monday January 12, 2026

UK private equity firms sharply increase use of offshore funds

University of Glasgow researcher says trend raises transparency concerns for investors

Posted on Sunday January 11, 2026

Digital euro ‘only defence’ against deepening US control of money, economists warn

Academics including France’s Thomas Piketty press MEPs to resist ‘shortsighted’ lobbying against the project

Posted on Sunday January 11, 2026

AIG edges back towards risk two decades after financial crisis bailout

Nascent strategic shift complicated by sudden departure of chief who led group’s rebirth as a US-focused insurer

Posted on Sunday January 11, 2026

Trump calls for credit card interest rates to be capped at 10%

President demands one-year limit should come into force on January 20 but gave no details

Posted on Saturday January 10, 2026

US prosecutors investigate Jay Powell over revamp of Fed headquarters

Central bank chair said probe is retaliation for refusal to bow to Trump’s demand for interest rate cuts

Posted on Monday January 12, 2026

Iranians defy intensifying crackdown as Trump weighs options

Protesters take to the streets on Sunday as regime blames ‘rioters’ and the US and Israel for unrest

Posted on Sunday January 11, 2026

‘Hundreds’ more agents head to Minnesota, says homeland security secretary

Increased federal enforcement in state follows widespread protests after ICE officer killed woman in her car

Posted on Sunday January 11, 2026

UK private equity firms sharply increase use of offshore funds

University of Glasgow researcher says trend raises transparency concerns for investors

Posted on Sunday January 11, 2026

Britain in talks with Nato allies over increasing presence in Arctic

UK premier Keir Starmer is seeking to fend off Donald Trump’s threat to take over Greenland

Posted on Sunday January 11, 2026