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Economic Strategy

Written ministerial statementMade by Rachel ReevesThe Chancellor of the ExchequerTreasuryHCWS902

Today I can inform the House that I have asked the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast for publication on 26 November 2025, which will be accompanied by the annual Budget.

This is in line with my commitment to deliver one major fiscal event a year, to give families and businesses the stability and certainty they need and, in turn, to support the government’s growth mission.

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