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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Holly Williams

What is behind the gilt woes and should we be worried?

The cost of government borrowing has surged in recent days, which has knocked the pound and dealt a blow to Chancellor Rachel Reeves. - (PA Wire)

The cost of Government borrowing has surged in recent days, which has knocked the pound and dealt a blow to Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

Yields on UK Government bonds – known as gilts – have jumped to levels not seen for decades amid worries over high Government borrowing and the economic outlook.

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