The Latest Breaking News from the Office for Budget Responsibility

The starting gun for the next general election campaign may have already been fired, but today’s Autumn Statement represents an intensification of hostilities. The Chancellor took some of the fiscal headroom handed to him by the Office for Budget Responsibility and sought to give voters — not least Tory backbenchers…

Watch as the Office for Budget Responsibility holds a press conference following Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement.

Planned boost to OBR’s powers outlined a year on from the Truss-Kwarteng mini-budget

The Chancellor faces calls to cut taxes as Government annual borrowing was £13.2 billion lower than the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast last month

Chancellor was expected to hike duty on alcohol as new tax on drink strength comes into effect

Fuel duty cut? Energy bills support extended? Here are the figures behind Jeremy Hunt’s measures

The UK economy is set to avoid a recession but people are still expected to face the biggest fall in living standards on record, according to the…

Things are looking better than thought, but it's still not rosy

'British ale may be warm, but the duty on a pint is frozen'