New gilts

The government has laid The Taxation of Chargeable Gains (Gilt-edged Securities) Order 2019, SI 2019/540, specifying eleven Treasury gilt-edged securities, disposals of which are exempt from tax on chargeable gains. These are:

• 0 ⅛% Index-linked Treasury Gilt 2028;
• 0 ⅛% Index-linked Treasury Gilt 2041;
• 0 ⅛% Index-linked Treasury Gilt 2048;
• 0 ⅛% Index-linked Treasury Gilt 2056;
• 0¾% Treasury Gilt 2023;
• 1% Treasury Gilt 2024;
• 1¼% Treasury Gilt 2027;
• 1⅝% Treasury Gilt 2028;
• 1¾% Treasury Gilt 2049;
• 1¾% Treasury Gilt 2057; and
• 1⅝% Treasury Gilt 2071.