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Office for Budget Responsibility

Asked by Mr Peter BedfordConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 10 February 2026UIN 110640

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of abolishing the Office for Budget Responsibility.

Answered by James Murray

The Chancellor and the Government are committed to the independence of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), and to its role at the heart of economic and fiscal policy making.

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