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Government borrowing costs have risen in the wake of an apparent income tax U-turn by the Chancellor.

Speculation that Rachel Reeves has scrapped her plans to raise income tax at the Budget has sparked a sell-off in UK Government bonds, also known as gilts: the means by which the Government borrows mo

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