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Government borrowing

October 2026

  • IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva raises both hands while speaking on stage before a blue screen

    IMF chief urges governments to tighten belts as global debt levels soar

    Kristalina Georgieva says big economies will have to make ‘very touch choices’ as soaring bond yields hit budgets
  • John Healey delivering his speech at the Labour party conference

    Labour figures uneasy about Healey’s ‘underpowered’ approach to budget

    Chancellor faces global volatility and soaring energy costs as some insiders worry lack of clarity could trigger fresh market shock
  • Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

    US borrowing costs hit 24-year high as global bond sell-off intensifies

    Fears that US deficit is unsustainable also drive UK 30-year bond yields briefly above 6% for first time since 1998

September 2026

  • Heather Stewart

    Economics viewpoint
    double quotation markBurnham’s plan for a radical reset collides with economic reality

    Heather Stewart
  • People at a petrol stationUK petrol prices reach highest level of 2026, London, United Kingdom - 01 Aug 2026

    Oil price rise creates more pressure on UK policymakers before budget

  • Pedestrians walk past City of London skyscrapers as a man checks his phone

    Three international bodies warn of risks of rising debt and soaring borrowing in major economies

  • Three men in suits - (from left to right) Richard Hughes, Andy King and Prof David Mile - walk down a street with serious expressions on their faces.

    Critics of UK government’s economic forecaster are ‘shooting the messenger’, say MPs

  • The Bank of England is shaking up its bond sales – why does it matter?

  • Economics viewpoint
    double quotation markThe perilous economic conditions facing the UK can be traced back to Trump

    Richard Partington

  • Global bond sell-off resumes as surging oil prices stoke fears about inflation

  • UK government pays highest interest rate on 30-year bond since 1998

  • ‘There’s no plan’: as instability in global bond markets rises, what are the knock-on effects?

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Labour condemns Reform’s plan for £100bn in cuts as ‘half-baked’ and ‘incredibly reckless’ – as it happened

  • Nils Pratley on finance
    double quotation markBurnham beware, the bond markets will demand proper answers in the budget

    Nils Pratley

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    UK politics: Andy Burnham pressed on borrowing costs and spending at first PMQs – as it happened

  • Andy Burnham blames Tory legacy for leaving UK economy vulnerable

  • Global bond sell-off intensifies as US-Iran tensions stoke inflation fears

  • UK long-term borrowing costs could halve chancellor’s budget headroom

August 2026

  • John Healey walks in Downing Street in front of a wall of grey bricks and black railings. He wears a dark blue suit and red tie, and carries a red official folder under one arm.

    UK reports unexpected deficit of £1.8bn as John Healey prepares for first budget

  • Andy Burnham, in glasses and a suit, sits with a serious expression near a "10 North" sign

    Can Andy Burnham rewire the ‘Treasury brain’ to boost growth?

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