Richard Hughes, head of Office for Budget Responsibility, says he has apologised to chancellor for ‘letting people down’
How Rachel Reeves’s budget was leaked 40 minutes early
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The chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility has said he felt mortified by the early release of its budget forecasts as the watchdog launched a rapid inquiry into how it had “inadvertently made it possible” to see the documents.
Richard Hughes said he had written to the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, and the chair of the Treasury select committee, Meg Hillier, to apologise.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/27/obr-budget-leak-cybersecurity-investigate
Author : Heather Stewart and Dan Milmo
Publish date : 2025-11-27 17:45:00
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