Cable climbs to 1.2277 ahead of slated speech from MPC hawk Mann at 1300 GMT

1.2277 = intra-day high (1.2260 was London am high; 1.2253 was Asia high)

Mann was one of three MPC members who wanted 50 bps BoE rate hike last week

Two-year gilt yields rise to 2.27%, highest since November 2008 nS8N2W30CR

3% BoE rate is currently priced for December - Refinitiv measure BOEWATCH

UK inflation data, flash PMIs and retail sales data this week nL1N2Y70ME