英国工会联盟(TUC)敦促新任财政大臣约翰·希利对预算责任办公室(OBR)进行全面审查[1]。TUC主席Paul Nowak表示，"OBR长期以来一直是阻碍全国经济增长的绊脚石"[1]，指责该机构对公共投资的评估过于保守，采用已不适应现代经济主流的过时紧缩逻辑[1]。
TUC建议希利在10月28日公布的首份预算中重新审视OBR的方法[1]，并呼吁将国家财富基金的投资回收期限延长至最长15年[1]。此前，约翰·哈斯克尔被任命为OBR新主席，接替于去年12月辞职的理查德·休斯[1]。哈斯克尔在议会财政委员会听证会上预测，中期内利率将偏高，GDP增长将弱于市场预期[1]。
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey to conduct a thorough review of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), arguing that the institution's conservative approach to assessing public investment is impeding economic expansion across Britain [1]. The union's push comes ahead of Healey's scheduled budget announcement on October 28 [1].
TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak stated that "for too long, the OBR has been a millstone preventing good growth across the country," characterizing the organization's fiscal framework as rooted in outdated austerity logic that no longer aligns with mainstream economic thinking [1]. The TUC has specifically urged the government to reconsider the payback period for investments from the National Wealth Fund, proposing an extension to as long as 15 years [1].
Jonathan Haskel has been appointed as the OBR's new chair, succeeding Richard Hughes who departed in December [1]. During parliamentary testimony before the Treasury Select Committee, Haskel projected "somewhat higher interest rates and weaker GDP growth than most are expecting" over the medium term [1].