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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to p.9 of the policy document entitled Fixing the Foundations, published on 29 July 2024, what discussions her Department had with the Office for Budget Responsibility before estimating the savings to
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to p.9 of the policy document entitled Fixing the Foundations, published on 29 July 2024, what discussions her Department had with the Office for Budget Responsibility before estimating the savings to
5 Sept 2024
Target answer date
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10 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Chancellor’s statement of 29 July made hard choices to reduce immediate spending pressures . It was not a fiscal event and was not accompanied by an economic and fiscal forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The Chancellor commissio...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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