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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Will Meakin-Durrant

Robert Jenrick to outline Reform UK plans for Bank of England and OBR

Net zero efforts have become a “distraction” for the Bank of England and the budget watchdog overestimated the benefits of low-skilled migration, Robert Jenrick is expected to say in his first major outing as Reform UK’s Treasury spokesman.

Mr Jenrick will pledge not to abolish the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), instead promising “reform”, and will say the Bank would remain independent if he were in No 11.

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