British finance minister Rachel Reeves said today she had confidence in the country's fiscal watchdog and its chair after it published details of her annual budget early, an error that moved financial markets and sparked anger in parliament.
Reeves described the incident, which occurred yesterday, as a serious breach by the Office for Budget Responsibility.
"But I do have confidence in Richard and the OBR," she told Sky News.
Richard Hughes, chair of the OBR, apologised again, saying he felt "personally mortified" by what had happened and an investigation into the incident was now underway.
"It will be overseen by the chair of our oversight board and include expert input from Professor Ciaran Martin, former head of the National Cyber Security Center," he told BBC Radio.
"It will identify the actions we need to take to make sure it will never happen again," he added.
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