There are many issues where the & aren't URL encoded.
$tagAttribs['href'] = $item['links'][0]['href'];
$tagAttribs['class'] = $item['links'][0]['class'];
$tagAttribs['id'] = $item['links'][0]['single-id'];
echo Html::rawElement(
'a',
$tagAttribs,
$item['links'][0]['text']
);