UK Pressure on the Chancellor: against a backdrop of surging bond yields and higher oil prices, UK investors became increasingly preoccupied by the possible measures that might be contained in the Labour government’s forthcoming Budget on 28 October. Inflationary pressures drove up government borrowing to £18.3 billion during August, compounding pressure on Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey. Triple lock set to end: Prime Minister Andy Burnham revealed plans to remove t