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Who are the 'bond vigilantes' exacting a price from Britain's government?

Britain's long-dated government borrowing costs have surged to their highest since 1998 as concern that a potential change in leadership could weaken fiscal discipline unnerves bond investors. Borrowing costs in the UK and elsewhere have already risen as the oil price jump triggered by the U.S.-Israeli war on ​Iran has renewed inflation angst. [....]