
Martin Futter
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Quite a letter from @OBR_UK - says unaware of 2024-25 spending pressures until this week (i.e not when it made its March forecast) - points out it would be one of biggest in-year overspends on record - launches review of "adequacy" of what HMT told it before the March Budget...




On paper, the Conservative Government had a majority of 80. But in reality, there was no conservative majority, because too many Conservative MPs were liberals, not conservatives. This is why, for example, there wasn’t a majority in Parliament for leaving ECHR or repealing GRA.






EXCL: Rishi Sunak warned by senior civil servants a week before he called election that he was at risk of breaching legal responsibilities if he failed to take action over prison overcrowding crisis, leaked document reveals. theguardian.com/society/articl…
















