Chancellor's next mission to find a respected and credible economist to run the OBR will require careful balance

Richard Hughes departs after investigation into how official forecaster accidentally published budget 40 minutes early

The report said the leak was ‘the worst failure in the 15-year history of the OBR’

The U.K.'s Office for Budget Responsibility unexpectedly released its economic and fiscal forecasts ahead of the U.K.'s Autumn Budget on Wednesday.

Chancellor's next mission to find a respected and credible economist to run the OBR will require careful balance

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch led the accusation about Richard Hughes, the former chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility