The future of the UK’s fiscal watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), is more uncertain than ever.

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In today’s newsletter: Critics say the OBR’s growing influence has outpaced its accountability , raising questions about whether it serves the public, the Treasury, or the markets Good morning. The ...

Rachel Reeves has been accused of forcing the chair of the UK’s Budget watchdog to quit after he revealed that claims she made about the public finances were false. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch told ...

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) monitors the UK government's spending plans and performance. Twice a year, it releases forecasts on the state of the economy and the public finances.

The shock resignation came for a very specific reason - the early release of Budget information - but the saga surrounding the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) will continue with a series of ...

Five to twelve on budget day. I’m stood in the chamber in my usual(ish) spot for PMQs. Back of the chamber, good view, nice post to lean back on. I glance at my phone, a flurry of messages pops up.

This is the introduction to Blighty, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter in which our correspondents turn their gaze on the latest developments in Britain. But this budget also showed why heeding ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rachel Reeves was not being misleading in warning of fiscal challenges ahead of the Budget, an official at the ...

The chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has resigned after an investigation into the leak of last week's budget criticised the watchdog's leadership. Richard Hughes stepped down ...

The OBR has explained how its fiscal report got leaked before the Budget. The chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) Richard Hughes has resigned after a report provided a damning ...

Richard Hughes takes ‘full responsibility’ for watchdog error as Starmer attempts to secure chancellor’s position The chair of the Office for Budget ...