Spring Budget: What is the Office for Budget Responsibility and why is it so powerful?
Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, will on Wednesday have to respond to the OBR’s forecast for taxes, spending and borrowing ...
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ALEX BRUMMER: The Office for Budget Responsibility must be stripped of its powers or all our wallets will suffer
Of all the blunders Rachel Reeves has made since becoming Chancellor, none has been greater than her empowerment of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). This 'independent' forecaster ...
London Evening Standard2d
What changes were made to welfare reforms in the spring statement?
The minister told the BBC the changes were prompted by the spending watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), taking “a slightly different number” than the Government in its ...
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UK Office for Budget Responsibility, new government increases spending by £70bn annually for the next five years
A quick analysis by the Chair from the UK Office for Budget Responsibility, Richard Hughes, on the Budget announced to Parliament on Wednesday by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves MP. The ...
London Evening Standard3d
Reeves poised to make further welfare cuts as budget watchdog gives its verdict
The Chancellor will set out the measures as she delivers her spring statement in response to a gloomy economic assessment by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The watchdog’s assessment ...
Huge blow for 4m Brits as Rachel Reeves drags them into paying higher tax
Jon Greer, head of retirement policy at financial advisers Quilter, said: “The OBR’s latest forecasts confirm we are fast ...
Reeves Risks Autumn Tax Hikes With Repeat of Budget Gamble
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves did the minimum to preserve her credibility with markets when she restored her fiscal buffer to ...
Huge blow to Angela Rayner as budget watchdog issues warning over key plans
Angela Rayner 's workers' rights overhaul could have a "negative" impact on employment, a member of the budget watchdog has ...
The Independent3d
Welfare reform will push 250,000 into poverty, Government’s own assessment says
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Reeves poised to make further welfare cuts as budget watchdog gives its verdict
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will acknowledge she needs to go ‘further and faster to kickstart growth’ in her spring statement .