Chancellor told 'frightening' borrowing binge will become unaffordable
The comments from the OBR are the latest broadside following its revelation Reeves knew months ago that there was no black hole in this year's public finances.
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Has anyone asked the Chancellor? Farce as Treasury launches 'leak inquiry' into Budget despite Reeves being at the heart of the furore ⊖
Officials have been ordered to root out the source of briefings that misrepresented economic forecasts the department was being given privately by the OBR watchdog.
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Stealth tax raid hits incentives to work, save and even stay in the UK, warns Budget watchdog ⊕
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David Miles, from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), suggested Rachel Reeves' freeze on income tax thresholds would weigh on growth in the economy.
Starmer accused of forcing out OBR head for 'telling the truth' about Reeves' Budget lies in PMQs hammering - and urged to sack Chancellor ⊖
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In bitter clashes at PMQs, Kemi Badenoch repeatedly battered the PM over the chaos engulfing the fiscal package.
Fears Rachel Reeves might have to return for MORE tax as OBR chief warns government's books are still vulnerable after Budget - with welfare costs rising ⊖
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Professor David Miles, who sits on the OBR's committee, said the £22billion of 'headroom' the Chancellor had left herself at the Budget was still not 'very large'.
Now watchdog bites back at Chancellor: Day after its chairman was forced to quit over Budget shambles, OBR turn screw on Reeves to 'set the record straight' ⊖
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Rachel Reeves faced fresh calls to quit last night as the war of words with Britain's top economic watchdog intensified.
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Reeves and Starmer are a two-for-one deal - if she goes, he goes. What a cheering thought | Marina Hyde
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It’s week two of budget black-hole gate. When will it all end? Probably after the May elections
Good times for Britain when the chancellor is saved by the Office for Budget Responsibility being slight…
Reeves did not mislead on challenges facing UK ahead of Budget, says OBR official
Prof David Miles tells MPs the messaging given by the chancellor was "not inconsistent" with the situation she faced.
Reeves suffers another huge blow as surviving OBR staff throw her under the bus over Budget lies: Watchdog chiefs tell MPs they had to 'set the record straight' after misleading briefings about forecasts
Senior officials from the OBR said they had to 'set the record straight' on what forecasts the Chancellor had been given after 'unhelpful' information appeared in the media.
Will scapegoated OBR chief wield the knife on Reeves? Richard Hughes 'knows where bodies are buried' as Chancellor fights to cling on over Budget lies ⊖
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Speculation is swirling about Richard Hughes' intentions after he dramatically quit as the head of the OBR following months of tensions with the Chancellor.