01-12-2025 19:04 via theguardian.com

How the standoff between Rachel Reeves and the OBR unfolded

Treasury’s independent economic forecaster says outlook for economy rosier than chancellor led everyone to believeOBR chair quits after inquiry into early release of Reeves’s budgetRachel Reeves has been accused of overstating the damage to the UK’s public finances from a downgrade of economic growth by the Treasury’s independent economic forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility.In the aftermath of last week’s budget, the focus has turned to who knew what an
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