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Andrew Rawnsley

The tide may soon turn for Rachel Reeves

Now we know: the government is about to break its manifesto pledge. But there is a case for doing so

Tue 4 Nov 2025

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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
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The chancellor is stuck between a rock and a hard place

Sun 2 Nov 2025

The chancellor is stuck between a rock and a hard place
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
Will Hutton
Why a fall in productivity could be the straw that breaks the economy’s back

Thu 30 Oct 2025

Why a fall in productivity could be the straw that breaks the economy’s back
William Keegan
The chancellor has finally got the Brexit message, but only part of it

Sun 26 Oct 2025

The chancellor has finally got the Brexit message, but only part of it
Will Hutton
Reeves sets her sight on a European Silicon Valley

Sun 26 Oct 2025

Reeves sets her sight on a European Silicon Valley
Will Hutton
A Labour strategy that could make the revenue numbers add up

Sun 19 Oct 2025

A Labour strategy that could make the revenue numbers add up
Tim Leunig
Raising income tax for high earners is not the fix we need

Sat 18 Oct 2025

Raising income tax for high earners is not the fix we need
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
Ben Zaranko
Remember, remember Liz Truss this November

Wed 24 Sept 2025

Remember, remember Liz Truss this November

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