OBR apologises after revealing Budget forecast early

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The head of the Office for Budget Responsibility has apologised for a “mistake within the OBR” which led to the early publication of its Budget forecast at a presentation by the watchdog on its latest report.

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00:00for their expertise, flexibility and perseverance in putting this latest forecast together.

00:05Of course all the analysis and conclusions continue to represent the BRC's own

00:10independent judgments. With that let's hear from Richard.

00:14Thanks Laura and good afternoon everyone. Before I turn to the substance of our forecast let me

00:18start with an apology. A link to our economic and fiscal outlook document went live on our website

00:23too early this morning and was subsequently removed. We apologise to the Chancellor and

00:26Members of Parliament for this technical error and have initiated an investigation into how this

00:30happened. It will be reporting to our oversight board the Treasury and the Commons Treasury Committee

00:35on how this happened and how to make sure it doesn't happen again.

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