Treasury to delay publishing OBR forecast by six weeks after 7 October delivery – UK politics live

Budget watchdog to give assessment of fiscal plans next week but public will have to wait until chancellor's November statement

Following a meeting with the prime minister, Liz Truss, and the chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, the Office for Budget Responsibility has confirmed it will deliver an initial forecast on 7 October.

A spokesperson for the OBR said:

[The forecast] will, as always, be based on our independent judgment about economic and fiscal prospects and the impact of the government's policies.

We discussed the economic and fiscal outlook, and the forecast we are preparing for the chancellor's medium-term fiscal plan.

We will deliver the first iteration of that forecast to the chancellor on Friday 7 October, and will set out the full timetable up to 23 November next week.