It comes after the watchdog published a report into the embarrassing leak

16:41, Mon, Dec 1, 2025 Updated: 16:43, Mon, Dec 1, 2025

UK Prime Minister And Chancellor Meet With The Office Of Budget Responsibility

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Richard Hughes has resigned as the Chair of the OBR over the early Budget leak

He said he wanted to allow the watchdog to “quickly move on”.

It comes after the OBR published a 20-page report into the farcical leak that saw most of Rachel Reeves' Budget accidentally published an hour before the Chancellor stood to address the Commons.