Rachel Reeves delays key decision as independence of OBR called into question: 'Get going!'

Rachel Reeves delays key decision as independence of OBR called into question: 'Get going!'

Concerns are growing that the authority of the UK’s independent fiscal watchdog could be weakened after the Government failed to begin the search for a new Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) chair despite earlier pledges.The Treasury had told Parliament that recruitment would begin “within weeks” following Richard Hughes’s departure in December, but the process has not yet started.The delay has raised concern among parliamentarians and econo…