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Government borrowing costs jump on reports of Reeves dropping income tax rise
Reuters UK government borrowing costs have risen in reaction to reports the chancellor will not increase income tax in the upcoming Budget. The interest rate on 10-year government bonds, known as the yield, jumped to 5.56% from 5.44%, indicating the cost to government if it chose to borrow over this length of time. The jump…
World Economic Forum boss Borge Brende quits after review of Jeffrey Epstein links
As the world inches back to a pre-WW2 order, the ‘middle powers’ face a grave new challenge With economic stagnation and extremes of inequality comes corrosion of trust in democratic institutions. So Trump may be a symptom, not a cause, of what Carney called a “rupture” with the post-WW2 order. 25 Jan 2026
