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Mortified OBR chair hopes inquiry into budget leak will report next week


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2025-11-27 19:27:46
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Reuters news agency says it obtained document after visiting URL it predicted file would be uploaded to

The chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility has said he felt mortified by the early release of its budget forecasts as the watchdog launched a rapid inquiry into how it had “inadvertently made it possible” to see the documents.

Richard Hughes said he had written to the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, and the chair of the Treasury select committee, Meg Hillier, to apologise.

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‘Mortified’ OBR chair hopes inquiry into budget leak will report next week
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/27/obr-budget-leak-cybersecurity-investigate

Reuters news agency says it obtained document after visiting URL it predicted file would be uploaded to

The chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility has said he felt mortified by the early release of its budget forecasts as the watchdog launched a rapid inquiry into how it had “inadvertently made it possible” to see the documents.

Richard Hughes said he had written to the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, and the chair of the Treasury select committee, Meg Hillier, to apologise.

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Thu, 27 Nov 2025 19:23:08 GMT
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/27/obr-budget-leak-cybersecurity-investigate

Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/Treasury


Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/Treasury


Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/Treasury

Heather Stewart Economics editor
2025-11-27T19:23:08Z

Source: Guardian
Source Link: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/27/obr-budget-leak-cybersecurity-investigate


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