OBR apology following ‘outrageous’ Budget leak

A “technical error” was to blame for the early release of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) fiscal outlook, which revealed the contents of Rachel Reeves's Budget, the independent watchdog has said.

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In an unprecedented mistake, the OBR disclosed the contents of the Chancellor’s Budget as it published its economic and fiscal outlook just before Sir Keir Starmer got to his feet in the House of Commons for PMQs.