Forecasters are coming under intense pressure to predict the unpredictable amid trade policy uncertainty and data issues at ...

The Office for Budget Responsibility used to be king for Labour. The country’s economic forecaster offered the party the chance to cement in the minds of the British electorate that its leaders ...

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

Sir Keir Starmer has taken a swipe at the independent Office for Budget Responsibility, criticising the UK fiscal watchdog’s decision not to “score” the job creation impact of the government’s welfare ...

Sir Keir Starmer said Labour is offering ‘fundamental change’ in the local election campaign as he announced a £30 million ...

The state pension is coming under increasing scrutiny as the Labour government faces tough choices, one pension expert has ...

The prime minister has been saying that the government’s official forecaster - the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) - ...

Britain learnt the hard way about the importance of not letting governments mark their own homework. Former UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s unfunded tax cuts in September 2022 were pushed through ...

when asked about the Office for Budget Responsibility’s decision not to score the impact on the labor market of several measures announced by the government to toughen up rules for welfare ...

The UK Government has pledged to maintain the Triple Lock, however, many will instead be thrown into paying more tax due to ...

Rachel Reeves had boosted economic growth here, cut spending there, and forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) placed her back on course to comply with her self-imposed targets.

Sir Keir Starmer has criticised the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) over its assessment of his welfare reforms. In his ...