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Office of Budget Responsibility

Commons · Question 56161 · Tabled 2 Jun 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 5 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to hold discussions with the International Monetary Fund on any future changes to the functions of the Office of Budget Responsibility.

Answer

Answered by Emma Reynolds, 5 Jun 2025

The Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) independent scrutiny, via its economic and fiscal forecasts, underpins the credibility of the government’s fiscal policy. On coming into office, one of the first bills this Government passed was the fiscal lock...