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UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

This is a disaster unfolding in plain sight. Each day Keir Starmer is smoothing Nigel Farage's path to No 10 | Owen Jones

Britain faces surging anti-migrant violence and mainstream political acquiescence, with rightwing forces emboldened and Labour failing to confront economic and social drivers.
fromBusiness Matters
3 weeks ago

UK borrowing costs rise at fastest pace in G7 as bond yields hit 27-year high

Britain's borrowing costs are rising faster than any other G7 country, with long-term debt yields hitting their highest level in nearly three decades amid investor unease over Labour's economic strategy. The yield on 30-year gilts - the return investors demand for lending to the UK government - climbed to 5.64% on Monday, a level not seen since 1998. The surge followed a reshuffle of Sir Keir Starmer's senior economic team, which brought advocates of wealth taxation into the heart of Downing Street.
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