Office for Budget Responsibility
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Official Twitter channel of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The OBR provides independent and authoritative analysis of the UK’s public finances.
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Want to know more about the Chancellor’s Budget?
From next week, the Treasury Committee will question leading economists, the @OBR_UK and the Chancellor across three evidence sessions.
Stream each session live on our website 👇
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The October 2026 forecast at a glance
We published our October 2026 Economic and fiscal outlook yesterday 📘 #ICYMI#
Tune into the Budget Responsibility Committee’s presentation at 2.30pm. Watch live via Slido or on our YouTube channel.
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Our next Economic and fiscal outlook will be published on 28 October 2026. It will be published on after the Chancellor has presented the Budget to Parliament.
Supporting material, supplementary documents and detailed forecast tables will be published on later on the afternoon of 28 October.
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Consistent with guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), we have taken our website offline in view of the critical security issues affecting PHP. We will continue to follow further guidance.
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Our next Economic and fiscal outlook will be published on 28 October 2026.
It will be published on after the Chancellor has presented the Budget to Parliament.
Supporting material, supplementary documents and detailed forecast tables will be published on on the afternoon of 28 October
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The Treasury Committee has today published its report concluding its inquiry into The OBR: 15 years on.
OBR Chair Jonathan Haskel said: "We appreciate the Treasury Committee's support for the OBR's independence. We are always open to suggestions on how we might improve and will carefully consider this report's conclusions."
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Latest year-to-date borrowing estimate above March forecast profile – we've just published our monthly commentary on the public finances📊
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How do income tax forecasts affect the Scottish Government's budget?
Our latest article, prepared jointly with the Scottish Fiscal Commission, explores the role of our respective forecasts in determining income tax reconciliations and influencing the funding available to the Scottish Government:
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Ever wondered about our process for forecasting migration?
Read about our use of a stay-rate model to inform the forecast, and the role of the ONS National Population Projections in our forecasting process in our newly published article:
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