Ryan
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Moron Premium update. 139bp spread this morning between 10Y Gilts and G7 benchmark is consistent with previous BoE interventions in the Gilt market. Who would have thought that lumping on speculation around fiscal rules/ energy bailouts/ and soft public finance data would be received badly in fixed-income markets?
Normal service resumes: the second highest February borrowing figure on record.
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By 51% to 32% people think the triple lock is sustainable for another 10 years It's a 43% to 46% split on whether the Govt could afford to do UBI. But by 24% to 60% people don't think the Government could run another furlough scheme.
🟢 Exclusive: @ZackPolanski is expected to call on Keir Starmer to put more than £8 billion aside to protect households from soaring energy bills at end of June In his first major economic speech tomorrow, the Green leader will say the PM hasn’t done enough for energy customers during Iran crisis news.sky.com/story/polanski…
Chancellor admits her Budget choices were "not universally popular" but says that not taking them would have led to "higher inflation, higher interest rates, higher borrowing - or collapsing public services".
Watch LIVE as Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick lay out our plans to cut your energy bills. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Starmer bearing the brunt of the flak in this Trump presser. The President claims that the PM told him in yesterday's call he needed to "meet with my team" before deciding the UK's position re sending ships to Hormuz. Trump ridicules this leadership style, saying Starmer should make the decision himself.
In 1973, petrol price surged - but no one thought of asking the gvt for an energy bailout. Now, it's the default reaction. The cost? More debt, higher tax and interest rates, cost-of-living squeezes. Matthew Syed on the case for breaking the cycle:- thetimes.com/comment/column…
Summary of the Imperial College document about Covid-19 It suggests only two paths possible: “Mitigation” that may still lead to healthcare overwhelmed and hundreds of thousands of deaths “Suppression” which means lockdowns until a vaccine which cd be 18 month
National price cap on petrol now! Why not?
Ed Miliband must step in and bar Tesla from holding an energy licence. Elon Musk is a threat to our national security and clearly not a fit person to operate in our energy industry. We can’t have the lights go out because he’s having a strop on X.
In the leader approval ratings Badenoch hits her highest since becoming leader at -6. The first time she’s been ahead of all four other main party leaders. Starmer also up from his low though still far behind the pack at -41. Davey (-10) Polanski (-12), Farage (-13)
