Richard Hughes, head of Office for Budget Responsibility, says he has apologised to chancellor for ‘letting people down’
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How Rachel Reeves’s budget was leaked 40 minutes early
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The chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility has said he felt “personally mortified” by the early release of its budget documents and said the former boss of the National Cyber Security Centre will be involved in an investigation into the incident.
Richard Hughes said he had written to the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, and the chair of the Treasury select committee, Meg Hillier, to apologise, and launched the inquiry.
