Is the Office for Budget Responsibility anti-democratic?

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), established as an independent fiscal watchdog, plays a pivotal role in shaping fiscal policy through its forecasts and analysis. But, argue Stefano Merlo and Carmen Leung, while intended to enhance transparency and the accountability of governments, the way the OBR is being used may inadvertently constrain political imagination, skewing the balance of power between democratically elected politicians and unelected technocrats.