Critics of UK government’s economic forecaster are ‘shooting the messenger’, say MPs

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Treasury committee rejects calls for fundamental reform of independent watchdog the Office for Budget Responsibility Attacks on the government’s independent economic forecaster from left and right of the political spectrum are akin to “shooting the m…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Wed, 23 Sep 2026 05:00:16 UTC.

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