Streeting says striking doctors ‘extremely irresponsible’ in angry phone-in exchange – UK politics live

<p>Health secretary unhappy as resident doctors in England have started a five-day strike today</p><p>This is <a href="https://x.com/HelenMiller_IFS/status/1989260067015930239">from</a> <strong>Helen Miller</strong>, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies thinktank, on the market reaction to the chancellor’s reported budget U-turn.</p><p>Investors will have 2 broad concerns about news that Chancellor won’t increase income tax rates</p><p>1. Does it signal less willingness to do politically difficult things</p><p>Britain’s long-term borrowing costs were sent soaring as reports suggested the latest U-turn would leave Rachel Reeves scrambling to fill a gaping black hole in the nation’s finances just two weeks before the 26 November budget.</p><p>Yields on 30-year UK government bonds, also known as gilts, jumped as much as 14 basis points in early trading, and the yield on 10-year gilts also shot up 12 basis points – rising the most since July.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/nov/14/rachel-reeves-income-tax-budget-keir-starmer-labour-uk-politics-latest-news">Continue reading...</a>