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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Richard Partington

What are the UK’s ‘fiscal rules’ and why is the OBR under attack?

The red budget briefcase
The chancellor is under pressure to announce tax cuts in the budget on Wednesday. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

It has been described as a millstone around the chancellor’s neck and the reason Conservative MPs could be disappointed by Jeremy Hunt’s budget on Wednesday if he spurns their demands for large pre-election tax cuts.

After coming under intense criticism during Liz Truss’s premiership, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the Treasury’s tax and spending watchdog, is once again under fire.

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