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80% 
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73% 
Page structure
58% 
Link structure
55% 
Server
46% 
External factors
100% 
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1195
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Year-to-date borrowing lower than last year
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Headings
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Some headings do not have any content.

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H2 Featured
H2 News
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H3 Want a quick summary?
H3 5 things you should know about our forecast
H3 Need the detail?
H3 Supplementary forecast information on work capability assessment reform
H3 Supplementary forecast information on universal credit in-work and universal credit budgeting advances
H3 Supplementary forecast information on car engine types in the fuel duty forecast and health and disability benefit spending
H3 Letters to John McDonnell MP and Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP
H3 The Chair’s presentation on our latest economic and fiscal forecast
H3 Welsh taxes outlook – February 2024
H3 Two new articles on the economic impacts of Autumn Statement 2023 policies
H3 March 2024 forecast timetable and details regarding the upcoming EFO
H3 Supplementary forecast information on WCA reforms
H3 Spring 2024 forecast date announced
H3 Supplementary forecast information on our deposit rate forecast
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H3 Strong receipts keep borrowing below profile
H3 Tom Josephs appointed to the Committee
H3 Supplementary forecast information on our long-term fiscal projections
H3 Autumn 2023 forecast date announced
H3 Year-to-date borrowing remains below profile
H3 Working paper 19: The OBR’s forecast performance
H3 An update on the OBR’s external engagement
H3 Strong receipts bring year-to-date borrowing below forecast
H3 The Chair’s presentation on our second Fiscal risks and sustainability report
H3 Dame Susan Rice and Baroness Hogg appointed as non-executive members
H3 Andy King to step down from Budget Responsibility Committee
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H3 Summer 2023 review of the supply-side effects of policies
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H3 Chancellor uses fiscal windfall to address persistent supply-side challenges
H3 Explaining our correction to the January 2023 Monthly profiles
H3 Economic and fiscal outlook: user survey results
H3 Trends in labour market inactivity for caring purposes
H3 Dynamic scoring of policy measures in OBR forecasts
H3 The OBR ready reckoner
H3 300 years of UK public finance data
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H3 Fiscal risks and long-term projections
H3 Forecast evaluation
H3 Welfare spending trends
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H4 Fiscal risks and sustainability – July 2023
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