Would prime minister Angela Rayner spook markets as much as Liz Truss?
May 12, 2026
As Downing Street is plunged into chaos and the various potential successors to Sir Keir Starmer prepare their leadership bids, we ask if markets would have the same reaction to Angela Rayner's more Left-wing economic agenda, as they did to the Liz Truss mini-budget.
Government borrowing costs have leaped in recent days, as markets fear a lurch leftwards from any potential Labour successor.
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