A crisis in UK government debt markets accelerated after a fresh attempt by the Bank of England to extend support to pension funds failed to assuage worried investors.

The UK's central bank said on 10 October that it would increase the daily amounts it was willing to buy in long-dated bonds before ending the program it established last month as scheduled on 14 October. It also unveiled two types of lending facilities aimed at freeing up cash for pension funds beyond the end of the bond buying.