Autumn Budget 2021: Sunak introduces new fiscal rules as OBR revises growth forecast

Unemployment forecast downgraded

Lauren Mason
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The Office for Budget of Responsibility (OBR) has downgraded its unemployment forecast and increased its growth projections, according to Chancellor Rishi Sunak in today's (27 October) Autumn Budget, who also told Parliament he will publish a new charter for budget responsibility.

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