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Gilt investors warn Rachel Reeves she may need to raise taxes

Chancellor is trying to reassure bond market after UK borrowing costs rose to highest level since financial crisis
A rise in gilt yields to a 16-year high has wiped out the government’s wriggle room against its fiscal rules

Gilt investors have told the UK’s Labour government that it may need to increase taxes further if it is to retain credibility with the bond market after its borrowing costs rose to their highest since the financial crisis.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised not to repeat October’s £40bn of Budget tax rises, which many businesses say has acted as a drag on economic activity. But several bond market participants warned that the UK government may need to look to taxes to bolster its finances after losing its room to manoeuvre under its self-imposed fiscal rules.

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