News - GBR
10 articles tagged GBR, newest first
2026-09-02
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│ UK bond yields hit fresh 19-year high, │
│ adding to pressure on Healey │
│ feature - Reuters - wire/independent [GBR] │
│ │
│ UK government bond yields hit a fresh │
│ 19-year high on Sept 2, the highest since │
│ the 2008 financial crisis, adding pressure │
│ on Chancellor Healey's budget plans. This │
│ landed in the same week PM Burnham gave his │
│ first Commons address and PMQs, so an │
│ untested government is writing its first │
│ budget into the worst gilt market in nearly │
│ two decades. │
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│ https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/uk-bon │
│ d-yields-hit-fresh-19-year-high-adding-to-p │
│ ressure-on-healey/ar-AA2bqVDj │
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2026-08-21
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│ Today's public finance figures show │
│ borrowing continues to outstrip OBR │
│ forecast │
│ feature - Institute for Fiscal Studies - │
│ unknown/unknown [GBR] │
│ │
│ April-July borrowing of £56.7B ran £2.3B │
│ above the OBR's March profile (while £6.0B │
│ below last year), with net debt at 94.1% of │
│ GDP, as the 50-year gilt printed a record │
│ 5.392% in the Aug 18 global rout. Held at │
│ the booked level because the rout was │
│ global term-premium repricing; the record │
│ long-end cost is the watch item. │
│ │
│ https://ifs.org.uk/articles/todays-public-f │
│ inance-figures-show-borrowing-continues-out │
│ strip-obr-forecast │
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2026-08-18
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│ Bond rout sends long-term borrowing costs │
│ to highest in decades │
│ feature - Bloomberg - │
│ independent/independent │
│ [USA,GBR,JPN,FRA,DEU,CAN] │
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│ A simultaneous long-duration selloff on Aug │
│ 18 set a record UK 50-year gilt yield │
│ (5.392%), the highest 10-year JGB since │
│ September 1996 (2.9494%), French yields │
│ since 2008 and German since 2011, with the │
│ US 30-year at 5.33% (19-year high). Global │
│ term-premium repricing; drove the US fiscal │
│ cut alongside the Treasury's buyback │
│ response. │
│ │
│ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202 │
│ 6-08-18/bond-rout-sends-long-term-borrowing │
│ -costs-to-highest-in-decades │
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2026-07-21
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│ Gilts fall as Burnham's fiscal flexibility │ │ Sterling dips, gilt yields at 2-month high │
│ comments spook market │ │ as investors assess Burnham's spending │
│ large - Bloomberg - independent/independent │ │ plans │
│ [GBR] │ │ medium - Reuters - wire/independent [GBR] │
│ │ │ │
│ 30-year gilt yields reached ~5.75% (a │ │ New PM Burnham sacked Chancellor Reeves and │
│ two-month high, described as a G7 high) and │ │ appointed John Healey; UK gilt yields hit a │
│ the 10-year moved back above 5% as the new │ │ two-month high and sterling dipped for two │
│ PM floated 'flexibility within the fiscal │ │ days as investors assessed the new team's │
│ rules'; the first fiscal act cut household │ │ spending plans. A day-one fiscal-confidence │
│ electricity VAT to zero from October, │ │ repricing: worsened UK fiscal_state near -4 │
│ funded by cancelling the 1.8bn-pound │ │ to -5. │
│ Digital ID programme. Clarity deferred to │ │ │
│ the October budget: UK fiscal held near -5. │ │ https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/sterl │
│ │ │ ing-dips-gilt-yields-at-2-month-high-as-inv │
│ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202 │ │ estors-assess-burnhams-spending-plans/ar-AA │
│ 6-07-20/gilts-fall-as-burnham-s-fiscal-flex │ │ 28nUfw │
│ ibility-comments-spook-market │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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2026-07-20
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│ Andy Burnham becomes British prime │
│ minister, 7th in a decade │
│ large - NBC News - independent/independent │
│ [GBR] │
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│ Andy Burnham was confirmed uncontested │
│ Labour leader July 17 and formally │
│ appointed PM by King Charles III on July 20 │
│ - the UK's 7th PM in a decade but via an │
│ orderly, constitutional handover with │
│ NATO/Ukraine continuity pledged. Held UK │
│ political_stability near -2, confidence up. │
│ │
│ https://www.nbcnews.com/world/united-kingdo │
│ m/andy-burnham-british-prime-minister-keir- │
│ starmer-labour-king-charles-rcna588324 │
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2026-07-18
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│ Next UK PM Andy Burnham drops digital ID │
│ scheme │
│ medium - AP (via WKZO) - wire/independent │
│ [GBR] │
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│ As incoming PM, Burnham dropped the planned │
│ national digital-ID scheme July 18 - a │
│ concrete rollback of a │
│ surveillance-adjacent program. Improved UK │
│ civil_liberties 2 to 3. │
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│ https://wkzo.com/2026/07/18/next-uk-prime-m │
│ inister-andy-burnham-drops-digital-id-schem │
│ e/ │
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2026-07-13
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│ Coalition of the Willing summit in Paris │
│ medium - Elysee - unknown/multilateral │
│ [UKR,FRA,GBR,DEU] │
│ │
│ 37 heads of state/government met in Paris │
│ July 13 (Macron, Starmer, Merz co-chairing, │
│ Zelensky present) focused on Ukraine's air │
│ defense: SAMP/T batteries and 16 Rafale │
│ jets pledged, with Ukrainian co-pilots │
│ flying Mirage jets in the July 14 Bastille │
│ Day flyover as concrete implementation. │
│ Corroborates the Ukraine alliance move. │
│ │
│ https://www.elysee.fr/en/emmanuel-macron/20 │
│ 26/07/13/coalition-of-the-willing-summit-in │
│ -paris │
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2026-07-09
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│ Burnham on course to become UK prime │
│ minister as nominations open for Labour │
│ leadership │
│ medium - The Washington Post - │
│ independent/independent [GBR] │
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│ 349 MPs nominated Andy Burnham with rivals │
│ ruled out and nominations closing July 16, │
│ putting the UK on track for its 7th PM in │
│ 10 years around July 18-20 without a │
│ general election; the Farage-triggered │
│ Clacton by-election is set for Aug 13. An │
│ orderly succession within functioning │
│ institutions: UK political_stability held │
│ near -2 with confidence up. │
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│ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0 │
│ 7/09/andy-burnham-labour-leadership-electio │
│ n-nominations/347a9312-7b65-11f1-b194-f872d │
│ d4ec5aa_story.html │
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2026-07-07
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│ Parties reject by-election triggered by │
│ Farage amid scrutiny over his finances │
│ medium - ITV News - unknown/independent │
│ [GBR] │
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│ Reform UK leader Farage resigned his │
│ Clacton seat (July 7-8) to trigger an Aug │
│ 13 by-election amid scrutiny of his │
│ personal finances, adding churn after PM │
│ Starmer's June resignation. UK │
│ political_stability held near -2/long -1. │
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│ https://www.itv.com/news/2026-07-07/nigel-f │
│ arage-resigns-as-clacton-mp │
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