According to the independent Office for Budget Responsibility, the amount of extra tax a year the Treasury rakes in will hit £44.6 billion by 2028/29, driven mainly by increases in income tax.

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-21st-century-fagin-kay-burley-skewers-jeremy-hunt-over-autumn-statement_uk_655efdfae4b0c0333bee9b24

He also ignores what the Office for Budget Responsibility has called the potentially "catastrophic economic and fiscal consequences" of unmitigated climate change.

Source: https://science.slashdot.org/story/23/09/29/1632223/how-a-thinktank-got-the-cost-of-net-zero-for-the-uk-wildly-wrong?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

It comes as the head of the UK's official economic forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility, warned the debt situation was 'troubling' and rising rates were putting 'huge pressure' on the public finances.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-12300375/Economists-warn-Inflation-really-matters.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has suggested the Government’s Budget last week was “responsible” but hinted that “fiscal smoke and mirrors” may have been used to meet fiscal requirements.

Source: https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/national/23405622.obr-cautions-fiscal-smoke-mirrors-chancellors-budget/?ref=rss

The Chancellor has commissioned the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast to be presented to Parliament alongside the spring budget, described by the Liberal Democrats as a “last throw of the dice”.

Source: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/uknews/2023/12/27/chancellor-jeremy-hunt-fuels-election-talk-after-announcing-march-6-budget/

The chancellor was left with just £13bn to spare after his autumn statement, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility – less than half of the room for manoeuvre enjoyed by any of his six predecessors since 2010.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/spring-budget-jeremy-hunt-when-b2469935.html

The forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), was commenting following its report earlier this week pointing to faces growing costs from an ageing society.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66199176?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

The statement will come alongside an economic and fiscal forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility watchdog.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/united-kingdom-autumn-statement-chancellor-jeremy-hunt-date-november-22/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

The Times says the Office for Budget Responsibility told Mr Hunt it over-estimated the prospects for medium-term growth in the economy last year and it intends to revise its forecasts down.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64394879?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

The UK Office for Budget Responsibility predicts that typical household energy bills in the UK will stay above £2000 until at least the end of winter 2025, perhaps longer.

Source: https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/drew-hendry-budget-does-little-to-ease-the-pain-for-most-of-307535/