Productivity growth twitchy in wake-up call for OBR and Reeves bit.ly/3XpaThV

Unless the OBR has fundamentally changed something mid-way through the Budget process, this is an important question 👇

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Commenting on the mismanagement and shenanigans around #Budget2026 has become a parlour game for all economists. 🎩 Maurício Alencar CamEcon Economics Observatory cityam.com/shenanigans-di…

Inflation stays high in pre-Budget warning to Reeves bit.ly/4nX5z01

Bond investors don't seek political power, but in a country spending £300 million a day, they have it anyway. For this week's The New Statesman I've been speaking to the "bond vigilantes" about how markets and politics are enmeshed - and what they really think of Reeves & Starmer

Reeves’ Budget will fail to rescue public finances, top bank predicts bit.ly/4o37sbK

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Too right from Emilio Casalicchio 👏👏👏 politico.eu/newsletter/lon…

OBR questioned on Reeves’ flip-flopping and forecast changes bit.ly/3LHKUjr

High earners and entrepreneurs to get immigration rule carve-out bit.ly/4il19ir

The government paid £8bn last month to its lenders in debt interest. The figure for the year is projected to hit £110bn, a few billion pounds shy of the education budget.

The metaphor could be extended here on what happens if Reeves shares the dirty pint round… 🤢