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Never Letting a Good Crisis Go to Waste: George Osborne’s plans to permanently ‘roll back the state’.

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Featured, Whitehall Watch Posted: December 5, 2013

Professor Colin Talbot reflects on an Autumn statement that was really a mini-Budget – and some fine detail that hints at the Chancellor’s ultimate intentions. Much of the comment on today’s Autumn Statement by Chancellor George Osborne will focus on the specific measures he announced (there were lots) and on the short-term politics of the […]

Tagged With: autumn statement, budget, economy, OBR, osborne

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Scrutinising the cost of party policies; a good idea in principle but…

Robert Chote By Robert Chote Filed Under: Westminster Watch, Whitehall Watch Posted: October 22, 2013

Recently in Manchester three key national figures discussed how to improve the scrutiny of how British government spends its money: Margaret Hodge MP (Lab), chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Bernard Jenkin MP (Con), chair of the Public Administration Select Committee (PASC); and Robert Chote, chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The session […]

Tagged With: accountability, chote, independent, manifesto, OBR, policies, public spending, robert, scrutiny, Whitehall

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The OBR and Scrutinising Public Money and Policies: Why We Need a Parliamentary Budget Office

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted: September 23, 2013

Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor, has declared he’d like the Office of Budget Responsibility to assess Labour’s tax and spend policies before the next election. Robert Chote, the head of the OBR, and Andrew Tyrie, the Conservative chair of the Treasury select committee, have both said they think this could be a good thing. Others […]

Tagged With: CBO, ed balls, Labour, OBR, parliament, policy, Whitehall

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