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More U-turns predicted as Kwarteng flies home

Speculation is mounting that the government will perform another U-turn on last month’s mini-Budget.

Kwasi Kwarteng, the chancellor, has flown back from meeting the IMF in Washington DC a day early, fuelling speculation that he will reverse a decision to freeze corporation tax at 19%.

Markets rallied by 3.2% in response to the speculation, but were weighed down by worse than expected inflation figures from the US.

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