While the Conservatives have insisted they provided all necessary information, Reeves pushed forward with the Budget Responsibility Law as part of her pledge to further strengthen the OBR to avoid ...

Britain's economy is forecast to grow by 1.0% this year, the Office for Budget Responsibility said on Wednesday, halving its estimate made in October. March 26, 2025 UK inflation to average 3.2% ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Why was the Office for Budget Responsibility created and what does it do? The parties' disagreement about the state of the public finances continues post-Budget. The former chancellor says the ...

Following the Autumn Budget, Reeves was left with a £9.9bn buffer to maintain her key rule for day-to-day spending to be funded by ...