MPs warn policymakers to stop using OBR as scapegoat for difficult fiscal decisions

Treasury Select Committee report

Jack Roach
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Policymakers should stop blaming the UK’s independent economic forecaster when forced to make difficult decisions amid tight public finances and high government debt, MPs have warned.

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