The Financial Times leads with the news of the Office for Budget Responsibility chair’s resignation after its early Budget leak. Richard Hughes’s departure follows a review that found “the same failures had allowed early access to the Spring Statement” and left concerns that “other Budgets could also have been compromised”. For The Daily Telegraph, it […]
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OBR chair Richard Hughes resigns over Budget day publishing error
Archie Mitchelland Rachel Clun,Business reporters BBC/House of Commons Richard Hughes said he took “full responsibility” for the shortcomings identified in the report; Rachel Reeves thanked him for his service The chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has resigned following the Budget day error which saw a key document published early. Richard Hughes said […]