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By politics.co.uk staff The newly-formed Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is facing serious questions about its independence after it emerged it downgraded its unemployment forecasts just before the Budget. The office, which was formed by chancellor George Osborne to free forecasts from any sense of political interference, reduced the total by 175,000 after making methodological… Read more »
Sir Alan Budd’s departure sheds light on the fake independence of the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR). By Craig Berry It emerged this week the OBR head has left after only three months in his post. The government claims Budd was only ever a short-term appointment – but if so, why is there no successor… Read more »