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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
Fhaheen Khan: Britain needs to increase its domestic capacity investment

Sun 26 Oct 2025

Fhaheen Khan: Britain needs to increase its domestic capacity investment
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
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
Fred Harter
Trump’s tariffs signal a new era of friction for world trade

Fri 1 Aug 2025

Trump’s tariffs signal a new era of friction for world trade
Adam Smith
Rachel Reeves faces some tough fiscal choices

Wed 23 Jul 2025

Rachel Reeves faces some tough fiscal choices
Ara Darzi
‘Bacteria knows no borders. The UK must stay in the fight’

Mon 21 Jul 2025

‘Bacteria knows no borders. The UK must stay in the fight’
William Keegan
Reeves’s taxing problems can be fixed by a customs union

Sun 20 Jul 2025

Reeves’s taxing problems can be fixed by a customs union
Will Hutton
Labour must exploit the advantage of power – or lose it

Sat 19 Jul 2025

Labour must exploit the advantage of power – or lose it
Catherine Neilan
Where can Rachel Reeves raise tax?

Sun 13 Jul 2025

Where can Rachel Reeves raise tax?
Barney Macintyre
Wobbly growth, troubled trade and rising debt: UK plc is in a fix

Sat 12 Jul 2025

Wobbly growth, troubled trade and rising debt: UK plc is in a fix
Will Hutton
Trump is gambling that the UK will help pick up the tab

Sun 6 Jul 2025

Trump is gambling that the UK will help pick up the tab
Matthew Bishop
The Wimbledon Effect? Pah! New balls please

Sun 6 Jul 2025

The Wimbledon Effect?  Pah! New balls please
Fred Harter
The US stands on the cusp of a great regression

Thu 3 Jul 2025

The US stands on the cusp of a great regression
Will Hutton
It is time to stop treating Britain's tax system as taboo

Sun 22 Jun 2025

It is time to stop treating Britain's tax system as taboo
The Observer leader
The Observer view: Labour faces an age of insecurity

Sun 15 Jun 2025

The Observer view: Labour faces an age of insecurity
Simon English
Threat of fintech exodus could lose City IPO billions

Sun 15 Jun 2025

Threat of fintech exodus could lose City IPO billions
Chris Riddell
The Chris Riddell cartoon: capital spending jam

Sun 15 Jun 2025

The Chris Riddell cartoon: capital spending jam
Fred Harter
When more people are dying than being born, it’s a problem

Fri 13 Jun 2025

When more people are dying than being born, it’s a problem
Catherine Neilan
Rachel Reeves says she’s ending austerity. People may not notice

Thu 12 Jun 2025

Rachel Reeves says she’s ending austerity. People may not notice
Andrew Rawnsley
The chancellor has plenty of pledges. Now to balance the books

Wed 11 Jun 2025

The chancellor has plenty of pledges. Now to balance the books
Philip Collins
Could a powerful chancellor rewire the Treasury brain?

Wed 11 Jun 2025

Could a powerful chancellor rewire the Treasury brain?
Chris Riddell
The Chris Riddell cartoon: Tweedle Reeves, Tweedle Rayner

Sun 25 May 2025

The Chris Riddell cartoon: Tweedle Reeves, Tweedle Rayner
Will Hutton
Will Hutton: America is dragging us down, let’s grab the EU lifeline

Sun 25 May 2025

Will Hutton: America is dragging us down, let’s grab the EU lifeline
William Keegan
Opinion: All roads from Brexit stagnation lead to Europe

Wed 30 Apr 2025

Opinion: All roads from Brexit stagnation lead to Europe
Mark Malloch-Brown
Opinion: The IMF and World Bank need US leadership – just not from Trump

Sun 27 Apr 2025

Opinion: The IMF and World Bank need US leadership – just not from Trump
Will Hutton
Will Hutton: 'This unholy alliance between bond markets and forecasters will ruin us'

Sun 27 Apr 2025

Will Hutton: 'This unholy alliance between bond markets and forecasters will ruin us'
The danger of climate misinformation

Tue 8 Apr 2025

The danger of climate misinformation
Bex Sander
Hot Air: methodology

Tue 8 Apr 2025

Hot Air: methodology

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