The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) says UK government debt could increase “explosively” if current policies and spending and tax plans are not addressed. The warning comes in the OBR’s latest annual report on fiscal risks and sustainability, which sets out findings from a series of forecasts. While the outlets focus on the scale of the risk, they describe the message as a continuation of the OBR’s role in assessing how government finances may evolve under existing assumptions. The report frames debt growth as a potential problem for the long-term sustainability of public finances, highlighting that outcomes depend on future government decisions. The coverage across outlets attributes the forecast-based warning to the OBR, and describes the report as the latest update in its regular publication of fiscal risk analysis. No specific alternative policy package is presented in the snippets, but the overall thrust is that without changes, debt levels are projected to worsen. The OBR’s findings are intended to inform public debate and parliamentary scrutiny of the government’s fiscal outlook.