S&P cuts outlook for UK rating on EU exit vote

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's said on Friday that Britain was at increased risk of losing its triple-A credit rating due to Prime Minister David Cameron's decision to hold a referendum on leaving the European Union. S&P, the only major agency to still give Britain a top-notch sovereign rating, said it was lowering the outlook for the country's government debt to "negative" from "stable". "The U.K. government's decision to hold a referendum