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As the Office for Budget Responsibility @OBR_UK hits the headlines for giving us some hard truths… …they gave the country hard truths about the cost of Brexit to the UK economy in 2021… …OBR recent review reaffirms £32bn per annum cost to our economy #assumptions" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">obr.uk/forecasts-in-d…



Office for Budget Responsibility @OBR_UK backs up Chancellor @RachelReevesMP claim of a £20billion plus black hole in the public finances “constitute one of the largest year-ahead overspends…outside pandemic years”


Office for Budget Responsibility @OBR_UK backs up Chancellor @RachelReevesMP claim of a £20billion plus black hole in the public finances “constitute one of the largest year-ahead overspends…outside pandemic years”

Rachel Reeves says £6.4bn overspend on asylum this year. Huge number. Does genuinely appear to have been unfunded.

Need to see the detail, but I think Rachel Reeves has grounds to be cross. The in-year funding pressures do genuinely appear to be greater than could be discerned from outside. The £9bn contingency ‘reserve’ has seemingly been spent several times over. It’s a mess.




The Labour Government will secure the biggest-ever investment to fix our broken water system, boosting economic growth and creating thousands of jobs across the country as we clean up our polluted waterways.


🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Proud to march🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @NottsPride 📸 by @samuelshoesmith🚴♂️ (thank you, Sam)

