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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Richard Partington

SHOCKING: Mps launch inquiry into pensions crisis sparked by mini budget | Mind Blowing Facts

The Bank of England in the City of London
The Bank of England was forced to intervene late last month to stop a ‘doom loop’ in the gilt market. Photograph: Maja Smiejkowska/Reuters

MPs have launched an inquiry into the pensions market crisis that forced the Bank of England to intervene with a £65bn emergency scheme amid the chaos in financial markets after Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget.

The Commons work and pensions committee said it was looking into the problems faced by pensions funds earlier this month after the former chancellor’s disastrous tax and spending plans triggered an unprecedented rise in UK government bond yields.

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