Office for Budget Responsibility

Energy bills: Why household finances and business certainty will still suffer under Jeremy Hunt's extended plan

Energy

Energy bills: Why household finances and business certainty will still suffer under Jeremy Hunt's extended plan

More ambition, particularly in boosting energy efficiency, could help, explains UCL professor Jim Watson

clock 22 November 2022 • 4 min read
How high gas prices could cut the cost of meeting net zero by a third

Taxation

How high gas prices could cut the cost of meeting net zero by a third

Office for Budget Responsibility estimates sustained high fossil fuel prices could make the comparative costs of net zero over a third cheaper

clock 08 July 2022 • 5 min read

Politics

PM and Chancellor 'on same page' over net zero strategy, government claims

Government denies reports of differences on Downing Street over how to fund much needed policies to deliver net zero

clock 26 July 2021 • 3 min read

Net Zero Now

How much will net zero cost the UK? The OBR tries answering the trillion-pound question

The Office for Budgetary Responsibility has offered some of the most detailed estimates to date on the costs and savings that would result from decarbonising the UK economy by 2050

clock 07 July 2021 • 8 min read

Risk

OBR: Climate change could inflict 'sudden shocks' and 'slower-building pressures' on public purse

If global efforts to curb climate change fail the risks posed by migration, extreme weather and conflict will be 'severe' for UK economy, Office for Budget Responsibility warns

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