James Murray

James Murray

Labour (Co-op) — Ealing North

Speaking in the House of Commons on 3 December 2025

Debate

OBR: Resignation of Chair

Contribution

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to point to some of Professor Miles’s comments yesterday. There has been a lot of discussion in this place about the £4.2 billion headroom identified in the forecast by the OBR on 31 October and what, in our view, that implied about the fiscal situation. Professor Miles said that the “£4 billion in the pre-measures forecast is not inconsistent with the sentiment that this is a very challenging fiscal position.” It is because of that fiscal position that we made the choices that we did.

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