The pound dropped to a more than one-year low, stocks fell and gilts extended a fourth day of losses on concern the Labour government will struggle to keep the deficit in check as borrowing costs ...

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Gilt yields show the UK can't borrow for growth so let's offer savers a good deal and use their cash: SIMON LAMBERT

The government represents the UK and its people and some of those people are sitting on a lot of money, maybe it's time for a mutually beneficial deal.

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Rachel Reeves scrambles to calm markets as Pound falls and borrowing costs rise again - with fears she will be forced to hike taxes or cut spending to balance the books

Sterling tumbled to its lowest level against the US dollar for over a year this morning as investors heaped more risk premium on UK gilts - the way the state finances its activities.

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UK minister: financial markets functioning in an orderly way

British treasury minister Darren Jones said financial markets continued to function in an orderly way and it was normal for the price of gilts to vary, when asked about a jump in government borrowing ...

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Tesco cheers highest market share since 2016 after strong festive sales

The UK’s biggest supermarket chain reported UK and Ireland like-for-like sales, excluding fuel and VAT, up 3.7% over the six weeks to January 4.

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