But he left three months after the company's acrimonious split in 1989 into consulting and tax and audit groups.

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Sir Alan was also the first chairman of the government's independent forecasting body, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), but left after just three months in the job.

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She married a year ago, but her husband left her three months ago, he said.

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