The economy watchdog raised concerns with the Treasury about the amount of information being leaked ahead of the chancellor’s statement
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The economy watchdog raised concerns with the Treasury about the amount of information being leaked ahead of the chancellor’s statement
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Britain’s economic watchdog raised serious concerns with the Treasury over a series of leaks and briefings about the Budget ahead of Rachel Reeves’ formal announcement last week.
The Treasury has been accused of giving ‘deliberately false and misleading’ briefings ahead of the Budget
The report said the leak was ‘the worst failure in the 15-year history of the OBR’
Chancellor hits out at ‘too many leaks’ and says inquiry was is to root out who was responsible
Richard Hughes has written to the Chancellor and Commons Treasury Committee chair Dame Meg Hillier to apologise for the incident
Ms Reeves Budget was leaked half an hour before she was set to announce the Budget
A damning report into last week’s Budget leak said the error was the worst failure in the OBR’s 15-year history
