Treasury may have broken law

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Treasury may have broken law by failing to reveal £9.5bn spend in Tory budget, MPs told

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Treasury failed to alert the Office for Budget Responsibility about 9.5bn spending, MPs told.

The independent forecaster said the disclosure would have materially changed’ a forecast predicting the impact on the economy of Jeremy Hunt’s pre-election budget.

The Treasury committee chair, Meg Hillier , said it would need to investigate the legal situation to establish whether any laws were broken.

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