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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: October 2022 - Sunak preparing for the worst
Description: Successive Prime Ministers and Chancellors have all feared the publication of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s economic forecasts, which were due to be delivered next week.
Instead of the OBR report, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver a full budget statement on November 17th, accompanied by fresh economic forecasts from the OBR.
Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt will bear the responsibility for repairing the damage caused by Liz Truss in the final days of her Premiership. But Sunak has promised to tackle the daunting prospect of more austerity with the utmost care.
It is hard to see how the Prime Mi...