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The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) explains that the UK Government intends “to target Public Sector Net Financial Liabilities (PSNFL) as the main balance sheet aggregate in its fiscal rules”.1Office for Budget Responsibility. (2024).
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UK Internal Market Act exclusions
A process was established in 2021 by which the UK Government and devolved governments could consider exclusions to t...