The OBR has as point 1 in its memorandum the following:
"The Budget Responsibility & National Audit Act 2011 (‘the Act’) establishes the Office for
Budget Responsibility (‘the OBR’), giving it a statutory duty “to examine and report on the
sustainability of the public finances” and requiring government departments to provide it
with the information and assistance necessary to carry out that duty".
Legally neither the Chancellor nor the PM can modify, delay or deny the OBR report publication without a change in law. Given the views of many Tory colleagues, an attempt to get it through Parliament would likely fail - it would be so obviously a complete abuse of power.
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