In March’s Spring Statement, the government’s independent forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), forecast that the headroom Chancellor Rachel Reeves had against her rule not to borrow to fund day-to-day spending in five years’ time was £23.6bn. However, the OBR’s forecast was made before the Iran war began.
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