Investors split on gilts as government fights higher borrowing costs amid rising yields

Yields highest in decades

Sorin Dojan
clock • 4 min read

The first two weeks of 2025 have brought the sharpest rise in UK gilt yields in decades, heightening market anxieties about Labour's ability to service its debt and leaving investors on the lookout for a culprit.

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