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Burnham ally Jim O’Neill: Debt costs are ‘increasingly crazy’ and triple lock must go

UK · 2026-09-23

Key takeaway

UK government faces sharply rising debt servicing costs as gilt yields remain elevated.

  1. Step 1 · The triggerUK government debt servicing costs rise sharply as gilt yields remain elevated
  2. Step 2 · Knock-onhigher debt service crowds out fiscal headroom, prompting calls to scrap the triple lock pension policy
  3. Step 3 · Reaches youscrapping the triple lock would slow pensioner income growth, reducing pensioner consumption and demand for SME goods and services

The trigger is reported by the source below. The steps that follow are Branch²’s traced reasoning — how the shock could reach a business like yours, not a prediction.

Source: City A.M.

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