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title: "Bond markets smell crisis as Labour faces a lurch to the left"
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description: "The UK economy is facing significant challenges, including the largest growth downgrades, the highest inflation in the G7, and vulnerability to gas price volatility, exacerbated by the Iran war. Additionally, Labour is experiencing a heavy defeat, indicating political instability amidst these economic pressures."
datetime: "2026-05-08T12:51:18.000Z"
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# Bond markets smell crisis as Labour faces a lurch to the left

Britain is collecting all the wrong accolades. The Iran war has left the economy facing the biggest growth downgrades, the highest inflation in the G7, the greatest exposure to volatile gas prices and some of the smallest storage capacity in Europe. A world with this many superlatives is surely hard to beat. But with Labour suffering a heavy defeat...

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