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Chancellor is warned not to spook bond markets by handing out 'big' pay rises to public sector workers and hiking minimum wage

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Chancellor John Healey faces pressure not to implement significant pay rises for public sector workers or increase the minimum wage, as such moves could spook bond markets. Analysts warn that rising oil prices and inflation are already putting strain on the economy; investors are charging the government 5.4% on a 10-year gilt, nearing levels seen before the financial crisis. City experts advise Healey to consider slower increases in the minimum wage as an alternative to more drastic measures like scrapping the triple lock, which has modest but positive impacts on fiscal headroom and market stability.

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John Healey, the Chancellor, has been cautioned against spooking bond markets by granting substantial pay raises to public sector workers. With his first Budget less than a month away, analysts advise Healey to concentrate on measures that reduce inflation rather than making populist moves like increasing the minimum wage on October 28. Inflation is rising and facing additional pressure from surging oil prices due to the Iran War. A global bond market sell-off has pushed up borrowing costs; investors are charging the UK government a rate of 5.4% for a 10-year gilt, similar to levels seen just before the financial crisis in 2007. Healey faces the challenge of meeting spending commitments while satisfying both markets and voters, as another significant wage increase could destabilize the economy further. Patrick Milnes from the British Chambers of Commerce warns against another sharp rise in wages.

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- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source The Chancellor has been warned not to spook bond markets by handing out 'big' pay rises to public sector workers. With his crucial first Budget just over a month away, analysts say John Healey must instead focus on measures to bring down inflation.

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🔮 Any populist Labour move to boost minimum wages on October 28 could do just the opposite, they say, and should be avoided.

2026-09-26 · Daily Mail

Chancellor is warned not to spook bond markets by handing out 'big' pay rises to public sector workers and hiking minimum wage · mixed framing

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Healey → see → inflation

Any populist Labour move to boost minimum wages on October 28 could do just the opposite, they say, and should be avoided. uncertain

they → boost → opposite

Inflation has already risen and is under increasing pressure from surging oil prices triggered by the Iran War. asserted

Inflation → rise → War

Meanwhile, a bond market sell-off around the world has pushed up borrowing costs, with investors charging the Government 5.4% on a 10-year gilt, a rate nearing 2007 levels, ominously last seen just before the financial crisis. asserted

investors → push → crisis

The Chancellor is facing a juggling act to meet spending commitments while keeping the markets and the public - and Labour voters - happy. asserted

Chancellor → face → markets

And with the Government being urged to act to show they are serious about economic growth, City experts and employers say another big wage rise could leave the economy teetering on the edge. uncertain

rise → urge → edge

Patrick Milnes from the British Chambers of Commerce warned 'another sharp rise' in the National Living Wage following its increase to £12.71 in April would 'pile more pressure on firms already struggling under a huge cost stack'. asserted

rise → warn → stack

Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey departs after a weekly government cabinet meeting at Downing Street on September 08, 2026 in London, England. asserted

Healey → depart → London

Meanwhile, the Treasury are also said to be hoping to balance the books by settling for smaller fiscal headroom than former Chancellor Rachel Reeves. asserted

Treasury → say → Reeves

Typically, slashing the headroom – the margin needed to satisfy the government's own fiscal rules – sounds a dire warning to the bond markets. But the Government could offset dropping the forecast £23.6bn cushion with other measures to keep the markets happy, said Chief Economist at investment bank Panmure Liberum Simon French. uncertain

French → slash → Liberum

Mr French said that slowing rises in the minimum wage could help struggling employers as an alternative to scrapping the triple lock, which investors currently favour. uncertain

investors → say → which

He told today's Telegraph that 'even policy changes that have modest near-term impacts on fiscal headroom' would 'receive a favourable market reaction'. asserted

that → tell → reaction

Paul Dales from Capital Economics said the Government should avoid handing public sector workers big pay rises to ease inflationary pressure. asserted

Government → say → pressure

He said such 'chunky rises' would signal that they were 'not as serious about controlling inflation as they seem to suggest' when the minimum wage was already 'on a par with comparable countries' having risen 'significantly' over the last decade. asserted

wage → say → decade

And Chief Economist at Peel Hunt Kallum Pickering warned 'excessively generous' minimum wage increases had already fuelled inflation and markets needed 'strong signals' from the Government that it is trying to avoid 'adding inflationary pressure to the economy'. asserted

it → warn → economy

UK Hospitality Chief Executive Allen Simpson warned wage increases could also slow hiring and businesses wanted to see a 'cautious approach' to them. uncertain

businesses → warn → them