But the only reason Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, will address the House of Commons on Wednesday is because, by law, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is required to produce two ...

Britain’s Office for Budget Responsibility, a slimmed-down version of the Congressional Budget Office in the US, may be just 15 years old but it’s already one of the most powerful players in the UK.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has criticised how the Office for Budget Responsibility watchdog has analysed the impact of ...

We're about to hear from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) - a body of independent experts that effectively marks the government's homework. Earlier on, it published its latest economic ...

The Office for Budget Responsibility halved its forecast for growth in gross domestic product in 2025 from 2 per cent to just 1 per cent. The watchdog's assessment also indicated the Chancellor ...

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has given its latest take on the economy, and it's full of big changes to its economic projections but also plenty of red flags about the levels of ...

(Reuters) - British finance minister Rachel Reeves will publish a forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility on Wednesday, which is expected to roughly halve Britain's expected growth in ...