Finance

Published: 09 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. US President Donald Trump gave substantial cash holiday gifts to four White House aides, including $45,000 payments to executive assistant Natalie Harp, communications adviser Margo Martin and deputy director of Oval Office operations Chamberlain Harris, according to financial disclosure forms released by the administration. The disclosures provide a rare glimpse into the personal financial benefits received by senior figures...

Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Global oil prices have moved sharply higher towards the psychologically important $100-a-barrel level after attacks on energy facilities in southern Saudi Arabia added to concerns about disruptions to supplies across the Middle East. Brent crude, the international benchmark, climbed above $99 a barrel during Tuesday trading, putting prices at their highest level since July. The latest increase came...

Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Billionaire hedge fund manager Chris Rokos is preparing to leave the UK and move his tax residency to Greece, according to reports, making him the latest prominent member of Britain’s wealthy financial community to consider relocating amid debate over the country’s tax policies. Rokos, founder of Rokos Capital Management, is reportedly planning to establish an office in Athens...

Published: 07 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. UK house prices have fallen on an annual basis for the first time in almost three years, highlighting growing pressure on the property market as higher mortgage costs, persistent inflation concerns, geopolitical uncertainty and stretched household finances weigh on prospective buyers. According to Lloyds, the average UK property was worth £298,468 in August, representing a 0.4% decline compared...

Published: 07 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Britain’s largest private hospital operator, Spire Healthcare, has agreed to a £1.03bn takeover by an investment group led by Toscafund Asset Management, placing one of the country’s biggest independent healthcare providers under the control of a private investment firm amid renewed debate over the growing role of private companies in delivering medical services linked to the National Health...

Published: 07 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Britain's cost-of-living pressures are showing fresh signs of intensifying as mortgage rates rise, wholesale gas prices reach their highest level in more than three years and house prices record their first annual decline in almost three years. The latest developments are creating a difficult economic backdrop for households, businesses and policymakers, with higher borrowing costs and energy prices...

Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Reform UK and its leader Nigel Farage are facing renewed scrutiny over the party’s finances as a series of controversies surrounding political donations, personal financial arrangements and alleged attempts to navigate electoral rules continue to raise questions about transparency and accountability. The latest controversy emerged as Reform UK held its annual conference in Birmingham, where two senior party...

Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Home insurers across England and Wales are reporting a sharp increase in subsidence claims following the UK’s hottest summer on record, with one major insurer recording an extraordinary rise of almost 140% in claims during August. The surge has raised fresh concerns about the growing impact of hotter and drier weather on homes, foundations and household finances as...

Published: 03 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online.  The Dutch central bank has transferred 86 tonnes of its gold reserves from storage in the United States and Canada to London, citing increasing geopolitical unrest and the need to ensure its reserves can be deployed more quickly during a potential crisis. De Nederlandsche Bank, commonly known as DNB, said the relocation was designed to strengthen the accessibility and...

Published: 13 August 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Former US congressman George Santos has been permanently banned from trading on prediction-market operator Kalshi after the company alleged that he used non-public information to place bets connected to his own attendance at US President Donald Trump's State of the Union address. Kalshi said its compliance team concluded that Santos's trading activity showed signs of insider dealing and...