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Critics of UK government’s economic forecaster are ‘shooting the messenger’, say MPs
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a conflict story. The Guardian Politics is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 23 Sept 2026, 05:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Critics of UK government’s economic forecaster are ‘shooting the messenger’, say MPs”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Treasury committee rejects calls for fundamental reform of independent watchdog the Office for Budget Responsibility Attacks on the government’s independent economic forecaster from left and right of the political spectrum are akin to “shooting the messenger”, according to an influential group of MPs.
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- First reported by The Guardian Politics
Critics of UK government’s economic forecaster are ‘shooting the messenger’, say MPs
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