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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy Gibbons

Kwarteng faces massive market turmoil after disastrous day for sterling

PA Media

Kwasi Kwarteng is contending with massive market turmoil sparked by his tax-cutting mini-budget as a disastrous day for the pound saw Labour take its biggest poll lead over Tories for more than 20 years.

The Treasury moved to settle the markets with the promise of a Budget next spring as sterling tumbled to its lowest level against the dollar for at least half a century on Monday.

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