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Ben Zaranko
The great UK unemployment debate
Sat 7 Mar 2026
Will Hutton
Rachel Reeves should have a spring in her step as shoots of recovery push through
Sun 1 Mar 2026
Will Hutton
As its unicorns falter, China eyes UK’s surging tech dragons
Sun 1 Feb 2026
Philip Collins
Pensioners have been cushioned for too long. It’s time for Labour to get off the sofa on welfare
Sun 11 Jan 2026
Martha Gill
Criminals are restyling Britain’s barbers as hairdressers are forced to cut back
Wed 7 Jan 2026
Will Hutton
In capitalism’s casino, tech is a surer bet for Keir Starmer
Sat 3 Jan 2026
The Observer view
Britain cannot afford Reform
Sun 28 Dec 2025
The Observer leader
Putin is laughing at Europe
Sun 7 Dec 2025
Will Hutton
UK’s tech sector could be the best in Europe, but this timid budget won’t help
Sun 30 Nov 2025
Ben Zaranko
Minor forecasts shouldn’t make the weather for Reeves
Sat 22 Nov 2025
Ben Zaranko
The UK has a productivity problem. Cuts won’t fix it
Sun 9 Nov 2025
William Keegan
Reeves can no longer ignore ‘mammoth in the broom cupboard’
Sun 9 Nov 2025
Will Hutton
To combat rising prices, the government’s only option is to take on the cost itself
Sun 9 Nov 2025
Will Hutton
Debt strategy will be the core of Reeves’s ‘aggressive’ budget
Sun 2 Nov 2025
Tim Leunig
Economists don’t have crystal balls. More like snow globes – and they’re all shook up
Fri 31 Oct 2025
Catherine Neilan
Doge-style cost-cutting units ‘haven’t found any waste’
Sun 26 Oct 2025
Will Hutton
Reeves sets her sight on a European Silicon Valley
Sun 26 Oct 2025
Fhaheen Khan: Britain needs to increase its domestic capacity investment
Sun 26 Oct 2025
Dan Neidle
To encourage growth, the whole system of tax relief for R&D needs a revamp
Sun 19 Oct 2025
William Keegan
Reeves must do ‘whatever it takes’ to heal the UK economy
Sat 11 Oct 2025
Ben Zaranko
In Britain’s ‘hedgehog economy’, growth is wild, spiky – and fragile
Wed 8 Oct 2025
Richard Davies
Britain’s high borrowing costs and low fertility rate could trap us in a debt doom loop
Mon 6 Oct 2025
Rachel Sylvester
The PM’s future rests in the chancellor’s hands
Mon 29 Sept 2025
Bernard Gray
World’s navies queue for sub-hunters built on the Clyde
Sun 7 Sept 2025
Will Hutton
Britain’s right wing just twists and shouts
Sun 17 Aug 2025
William Keegan
Why Reeves would do best to bank on Bailey
Sun 3 Aug 2025
