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Ben Zaranko
The great UK unemployment debate

Sat 7 Mar 2026

The great UK unemployment debate
Will Hutton
Rachel Reeves should have a spring in her step as shoots of recovery push through

Sun 1 Mar 2026

Rachel Reeves should have a spring in her step as shoots of recovery push through
Will Hutton
As its unicorns falter, China eyes UK’s surging tech dragons

Sun 1 Feb 2026

As its unicorns falter, China eyes UK’s surging tech dragons
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

Pensioners have been cushioned for too long. It’s time for Labour to get off the sofa on welfare
Martha Gill
Criminals are restyling Britain’s barbers as hairdressers are forced to cut back

Wed 7 Jan 2026

Criminals are restyling Britain’s barbers as hairdressers are forced to cut back
Will Hutton
In capitalism’s casino, tech is a surer bet for Keir Starmer

Sat 3 Jan 2026

In capitalism’s casino, tech is a surer bet for Keir Starmer
The Observer view
Britain cannot afford Reform

Sun 28 Dec 2025

Britain cannot afford Reform
The Observer leader
Putin is laughing at Europe

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Putin is laughing at Europe
Will Hutton
UK’s tech sector could be the best in Europe, but this timid budget won’t help

Sun 30 Nov 2025

UK’s tech sector could be the best in Europe, but this timid budget won’t help
Ben Zaranko
Minor forecasts shouldn’t make the weather for Reeves

Sat 22 Nov 2025

Minor forecasts shouldn’t make the weather for Reeves
Ben Zaranko
The UK has a productivity problem. Cuts won’t fix it

Sun 9 Nov 2025

The UK has a productivity problem. Cuts won’t fix it
William Keegan
Reeves can no longer ignore ‘mammoth in the broom cupboard’

Sun 9 Nov 2025

Reeves can no longer ignore ‘mammoth in the broom cupboard’
Will Hutton
To combat rising prices, the government’s only option is to take on the cost itself

Sun 9 Nov 2025

To combat rising prices, the government’s only option is to take on the cost itself
Will Hutton
Debt strategy will be the core of Reeves’s ‘aggressive’ budget

Sun 2 Nov 2025

Debt strategy will be the core of Reeves’s ‘aggressive’ budget
Tim Leunig
Economists don’t have crystal balls. More like snow globes – and they’re all shook up

Fri 31 Oct 2025

Economists don’t have crystal balls. More like snow globes – and they’re all shook up
Catherine Neilan
Doge-style cost-cutting units ‘haven’t found any waste’

Sun 26 Oct 2025

Doge-style cost-cutting units ‘haven’t found any waste’
Will Hutton
Reeves sets her sight on a European Silicon Valley

Sun 26 Oct 2025

Reeves sets her sight on a European Silicon Valley
Fhaheen Khan: Britain needs to increase its domestic capacity investment

Sun 26 Oct 2025

Fhaheen Khan: Britain needs to increase its domestic capacity investment
Dan Neidle
To encourage growth, the whole system of tax relief for R&D needs a revamp

Sun 19 Oct 2025

To encourage growth, the whole system of tax relief for R&D needs a revamp
William Keegan
Reeves must do ‘whatever it takes’ to heal the UK economy

Sat 11 Oct 2025

Reeves must do ‘whatever it takes’ to heal the UK economy
Ben Zaranko
In Britain’s ‘hedgehog economy’, growth is wild, spiky – and fragile

Wed 8 Oct 2025

In Britain’s ‘hedgehog economy’, growth is wild, spiky – and fragile
Richard Davies
Britain’s high borrowing costs and low fertility rate could trap us in a debt doom loop

Mon 6 Oct 2025

Britain’s high borrowing costs and low fertility rate could trap us in a debt doom loop
Rachel Sylvester
The PM’s future rests in the chancellor’s hands

Mon 29 Sept 2025

The PM’s future rests in the chancellor’s hands
Bernard Gray
World’s navies queue for sub-hunters built on the Clyde

Sun 7 Sept 2025

World’s navies queue for sub-hunters built on the Clyde
Will Hutton
Britain’s right wing just twists and shouts

Sun 17 Aug 2025

Britain’s right wing just twists and shouts
William Keegan
Why Reeves would do best to bank on Bailey

Sun 3 Aug 2025

Why Reeves would do best to bank on Bailey

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