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Asked by Gareth DaviesConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 10 June 2026UIN 6833

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the rise in 30-year gilt yields to 5.772 per cent on 12 May 2026.

Answered by Torsten Bell

The government does not comment on specific financial market movements. Gilt yields are determined by a wide range of international and domestic factors.

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