budget

OBR chief’s exit may ease pressure on Rachel Reeves but the battle isn’t over | Office for Budget Responsibility

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Had Richard Hughes not resigned as boss of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) on Monday amid the indignation over the accidental publication of Rachel Reeves’s budget, the Treasury might now be under pressure over the tsunami of leaks that preceded it. The OBR’s David Miles told MPs on Tuesday the leaks had been so…

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By ending a cruel Tory social experiment, this budget clearly set out how Labour will fight the battle to renew Britain | Lucy Powell

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Yesterday the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivered a Labour budget. People have been asking for Labour’s purpose and values to be more clearly expressed. Through the choices made – a shift to a fairer tax system, targeting wealth to pay for tackling child poverty, good public services and the cost of living – we have clearly…

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Reeves has mountain to climb in budget after borrowing rise | Government borrowing

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Rachel Reeves has already seen the most significant numbers setting the backdrop for next month’s budget – the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) forecasts for five years’ time, when her fiscal rules are judged. But September’s public finances data, published on Tuesday, will hardly have lightened the mood in No 11 as she draws up…

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