UK Budget Report Downloaded 25,000 Times After Early Release

The UK Treasury will tighten security around future fiscal events to prevent a repeat of the unprecedented early release of market-sensitive documents at the November budget and to stop leaks by government officials.

It made the pledge after an internal review of the information release conducted by the National Cyber Security Centre found that the Office for Budget Responsibility’s full budget report was downloaded 24,701 times before Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced her policy package.