OBR a backseat driver with out-of-date maps, thinktanks tell Rachel Reeves
Chancellor urged to reform Office for Budget Responsibility to open way to more public investmentRachel Reeves must reform the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to open the way to more public investment, an alliance of thinktanks has argued ahead of the chancellor’s spring forecast on...
<p>Chancellor urged to reform Office for Budget Responsibility to open way to more public investment</p><p>Rachel Reeves must reform the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to open the way to more public investment, an alliance of thinktanks has argued ahead of the chancellor’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/01/rachel-eeves-spring-budget-boring-or-bust-calm-competence">spring forecast</a> on Tuesday.</p><p>With Keir Starmer’s government under intense pressure after Labour’s defeat by the Greens in Thursday’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/gorton-and-denton-byelection-green-reform-labour-tories">Gorton and Denton byelection</a>, the thinktanks called on Reeves to review the watchdog’s remit.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/01/obr-office-for-budget-responsibility-thinktanks-rachel-reeves">Continue reading...</a>
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