As Labour frustration grows, could OBR forecasts be cut to once a year?

Figures in No 10 feel the Office for Budget Responsibility's twice-yearly reports undermine Rachel Reeves' plan to scrap the spring statement

When Labour was riding high in opposition, the Office for Budget Responsibility was a near sacrosanct institution. Its manifesto pledged Labour would never sideline the OBR for political convenience".

But emerging from a punishing spring statement, inside No 10 the former devotees have turned sceptics. The fiscal rules remain untouchable - despite Labour MPs' grumbles - but there is intense frustration at the institution that marks the government's homework.