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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Michael Howie

'External person' may have accessed leaked Budget document link, says under-fire OBR chief

An “external person” may have been able to access the link to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)'s fiscal outlook which was published prematurely before the Budget, the head of the watchdog has said.

The document revealed the contents of Rachel Reeves' Budget and was accidentally published shortly before midday on Wednesday, half an hour before the Chancellor announced the measures.

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