MPs Warn Budget Watchdog ‘Should Not Be Blamed’ for Tough Decisions

OBR must 'not be blamed' for tough Budget decisions, John Healey told

MPs are rallying around the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) and supporting its remit ahead of Chancellor John Healey's Budget statement on October 28.A cross-party group in Parliament has warned that politicians must not use Britain's fiscal watchdog as a scapegoat for tough spending choices driven by constrained public finances.In a new report published ahead of the Chancellor's next month, the Commons Treasury Committee mounted a robust…

MPs warn Budget watchdog ‘should not be blamed’ for tough decisions

Members have also rejected “siren calls” for it to be fundamentally reformed in a new committee report.

Don’t shoot the messenger: MPs call for protection of OBR role and longer-term thinking

Critics of UK government’s economic forecaster are ‘shooting the messenger’, say MPs

Treasury committee rejects calls for fundamental reform of independent watchdog the Office for Budget Responsibility Attacks on the government’s independent economic forecaster from left and right of the political spectrum are akin to “shooting the messenger”, according to an influential group of…