EUR/GBP above 0.8852, a 2.5 year high as UK ditches income tax rate hike plans

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Eamonn Sheridan
14/11/2025 | 01:03 GMT
  • Starmer & Reeves ditched plans to raise income tax in the Budget.
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EUR/GBP to a 2.5 year high.

The news from earlier:

  • UK PM Starmer and fin min Reeves drop plan to hike income tax rates
  • GBP is taking a hit after the report that Starmer is going to drop plan to hike tax rates
  • More on UK drops income-tax hike plans ahead of November budget

Memories of the Russ tantrum are not so old for traders of the UK. Fiscal wobbles like this get a response.

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