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Where is Rachel Reeves?

9 January 2025

10:42 PM

9 January 2025

10:42 PM

Bond yields are soaring to their highest levels in almost 30 years and sterling is sliding. The government’s economic strategy is facing its first real test, and where is the chancellor? So far Rachel Reeves has been silent, preparing for a jaunt to China. At some point she will have to address the markets – or risk turning a round of jitters into a full-blown crisis.

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