Fitch downgrades UK debt rating

Press Association

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Ratings agency Fitch has stripped the UK of its AAA rating due to its "weaker economic and fiscal outlook".

The agency placed the UK on an AA+ rating, following Moody's downgrade of UK debt in February.
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