London

Upstairs, downstairs, in a house full of spies

2026-07-27T06:40:30.000Z
The degree of uncertainty about future fiscal tinkering has been a further drag on the lower rungs of the London luxury real estate market. 

London’s billionaire home sales thrive as millionaire deals lag

2026-07-26T09:54:53.000Z
Estate agent Savills estimates that 30% of homes put up for sale in London in the year to March were formerly buy-to-lets, with almost 700 listings a day across the UK. The exodus appears to have continued since then. 

London landlords head for the exit as rent laws deal final blow

2026-07-19T10:05:23.000Z
The transfer of business that Brexit undeniably triggered never created a new European centre of gravity.

Despite Brexit, London hasn’t lost its lustre as Europe’s financial hub

2026-07-10T03:31:05.000Z
The Barclays headquarters building is seen in the Canary Wharf business district of London.

Europe’s biggest office sale in four years boosts London’s Canary Wharf

2026-07-01T15:30:49.000Z
Real household disposable income per head contracted by 0.8 per cent in the first quarter, after a 1.2 per cent rise at the end of 2025.

UK economy grows as expected before Iran war impact

2026-06-30T08:06:01.000Z
The Greater London Authority has tried to create more and denser housing in tight urban sites.

Londoners complain of ‘unbearable heat’ in city’s modern housing

2026-06-24T06:34:58.000Z
Employment in the City of London financial district is near an all-time high, and banks are posting record profits.

After the fracture: How Britain’s financial industry recovered from Brexit

2026-06-21T08:37:33.000Z
Once in the hundreds, postings for the City of London’s corporate lawyers, software developers, management consultants and digital marketing managers have all slumped into the double-digits. 

AI turns coders, lawyers and analysts into ghosts of London’s past

2026-06-14T11:50:49.000Z
A statue of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, London. The statesman produced more than 500 canvases before ultimately putting his paint brush down in 1962.

Was Churchill a serious artist? This exhibition says ‘yes’

2026-06-07T22:00:00.000Z