<p>Treasury committee rejects calls for fundamental reform of independent watchdog the Office for Budget Responsibility</p><p>Attacks on the government’s independent economic forecaster from left and right of the political spectrum are akin to “shooting the messenger”, according to an influential group of MPs.</p><p>The Treasury committee rejected “siren calls to fundamentally reform” the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) and said it should not be blamed when policymakers had to make tough