The economy watchdog raised concerns with the Treasury about the amount of information being leaked ahead of the chancellor’s statement

The Treasury has been accused of giving ‘deliberately false and misleading’ briefings ahead of the Budget

Labour chancellor under pressure to do more to improve the prospects for economic growth

A damning report into last week’s Budget leak said the error was the worst failure in the OBR’s 15-year history

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

The economy watchdog raised concerns with the Treasury about the amount of information being leaked ahead of the chancellor’s statement