#UK #News #Reuters: Market Talk: 'Difficult' for future UK chancellor to bend fiscal rules: Reuters

12 May 2026

The cost of long-term UK government borrowing reached its highest since May 1998. Economist Hetal Mehta told Reuters markets are nervous that any alternative leader will seek to borrow more, and that would likely push the cost of the debt up further.

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US consumer prices continued their rapid ascent in April as the war in Iran pressured global fuel and food costs, government data released Tuesday showed.