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Another UK political crisis is looming over the City of London today, as prime minister Sir Keir Starmer faces more calls to set out a timetable for his departure.
The bond market is fimly in the spotlight, after government borrowing costs jumped yesterday as Starmer’s ‘make-or-break’ speech failed to reassure investors, and prompted some Labour MPs to fall for his departure.
The Guardian reported last night that two senior cabinet ministers – Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, and Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary – were understood
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