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'Invisible decision-makers in the UK continue to wield power'
Daily Express
|August 23, 2025
TORY chancellor George Osborne created the Office for Budget Responsibility, an independent forecaster used by the Treasury when tax and spend policies are being drawn up in the Budget.
Its forecasts are invariably way off reality, but the Chancellor is forced to make decisions based on its figures.
This story is from the August 23, 2025 edition of Daily Express.
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