Office for Budget Responsibility

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Improving social care is a big task and these talks are a good place to start | Heather Stewart
Productivity and quality in a sector that is its workforce will require even more money after national insurance rises

Heather Stewart

17, Nov, 2024 @10:36 AM

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The Guardian view on Badenoch v Starmer: tussling over a shift to bigger government | Editorial
Editorial: This parliament’s real battle won’t be cultural, it will be over the size of the state

Editorial

05, Nov, 2024 @6:38 PM

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Treasury may have broken law by failing to reveal £9.5bn spend in Tory budget, MPs told
Head of OBR says spending commitment would have ‘materially changed’ its forecast on Jeremy Hunt’s pre-election budget

Phillip Inman and Peter Walker

05, Nov, 2024 @4:01 PM

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Investment drives growth. That’s why gloomy forecasters are so wrong about the budget | Will Hutton
The Office for Budget Responsibility’s extreme conservatism means it has woefully underestimated the impact of Labour’s public spending plans

Will Hutton

03, Nov, 2024 @7:00 AM

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UK politics: Starmer insists pro-growth policies on way after OBR’s budget warnings – as it happened
PM says budget just ‘first step’ after watchdog said measures would make no difference to growth over five years

Andrew Sparrow

31, Oct, 2024 @5:34 PM

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Reeves needs faster UK growth than the OBR predicts for her budget to work
Unless the chancellor’s capital spending increases stimulate private investment, expect more tax rises ahead

Larry Elliott Economics editor

31, Oct, 2024 @5:23 PM

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OBR says budget unlikely to lift economic growth over next five years
Forecaster says extra spending revealed by Rachel Reeves will give only a short-term lift to economy

Phillip Inman

30, Oct, 2024 @7:23 PM

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The Guardian view on Labour’s choices: emphasising a big state amid economic challenges | Editorial
Editorial: The budget favours increased public spending and taxation, contrasting with Tory austerity. However, there were missed opportunities to address poverty and inequality

Editorial

30, Oct, 2024 @7:14 PM

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Autumn budget: Rachel Reeves raises taxes by £40bn and increases spending on NHS and schools – as it happened
Chancellor announces changes to employers’ national insurance contributions, inheritance tax, capital gains tax and other duties

Andrew Sparrow and Graeme Wearden

30, Oct, 2024 @6:36 PM

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Jeremy Hunt calls on government not to release OBR review into his spending plans
Former chancellor accuses Rachel Reeves of politicising Office for Budget Responsibility by release on budget day

Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

29, Oct, 2024 @1:16 PM

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OBR to publish breakdown of claimed £22bn ‘black hole’ on budget day
Former chancellor Jeremy Hunt says decision to publish findings of review on Wednesday is ‘significant concern’

Graeme Wearden

27, Oct, 2024 @6:35 PM

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Treasury warns of difficult decisions in budget after September borrowing rise
ONS data shows higher debt interest payments and pay awards for public sector workers pushed figure to £16.6bn

Larry Elliott Economics editor

22, Oct, 2024 @7:05 AM

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