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Many Happy Returns — Gilt Complex: Is Britain in Hock to the Bond Market?
Buzzing ratingBUZZING· 75%39m·2026-07-22·Money

Gilt Complex: Is Britain in Hock to the Bond Market?

Many Happy Returns · 228

Andy Burnham once said Britain had to “get beyond being in hock to the bond market”. That’s easier said than done when gilt yields are 5%, debt interest is running above £100bn a year, and the autumn Budget has no headroom left. Can the UK escape fiscal fatalism? And in the Dumb Question of the Week: What's the oldest…

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