The Budget watchdog has opened up fresh divisions with the Treasury in a series of coded jabs at the way Rachel Reeves tried to shift the blame for tax rises .

Richard Hughes, the chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), resigned on Monday over the leak of the Budget documents before the Chancellor’s speech last week.

His decision to step down came after Reeves had refused to back him and Sir Keir Starmer had publicly cast doubt on key OBR decision. New Feature

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Speaking to the Commons Treasury committee, the remaining members of the OBR leadership raised questions about the Treasury’s communications strategy in the run-up to the Budget.

Reeves repeatedly suggested that the main reason taxes would have to go up was be

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