Policy paper

Charter for Budget Responsibility: autumn 2021 update

The Charter for Budget Responsibility sets out the government鈥檚 approach to fiscal policy and management of the public finances.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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The Charter for Budget Responsibility sets out the government鈥檚 fiscal and debt management policy and how this will operate. This includes the government鈥檚 fiscal and debt management objectives and its targets which will deliver these objectives (including the 鈥渇iscal mandate鈥�). The Charter for Budget Responsibility is required by the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011.

This updated version was initially published in draft in October 2021. It sets out the new fiscal framework announced at Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021.

Updates to this page

Published 27 October 2021
Last updated 5 January 2022 show all updates
  1. Updated the Charter document.

  2. First published.

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