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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil

Pound slumps to new 14-month low as Rachel Reeves criticised for China trip as tax rise fears grow

Britain was warned to brace for possible new tax rises as the Pound hit a new 14-month low and the cost of Government borrowing rose again.

Sir John Gieve, former Deputy Governor for Financial Stability at the Bank of England, said the Chancellor may have to hike taxes later this year or impose some “very severe reductions and squeezes on public services”.

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