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Emma Haslett
Cities could save billions by hiring local architects, report suggests
Sun 17 May 2026
Alex Diggins
Death among the grapevines: the suicide epidemic taking the lives of France’s winemakers
Sun 17 May 2026
Matthew Bishop
Trump’s nominee Kevin Warsh finally confirmed as Fed chair
Sun 17 May 2026
Will Hutton
Andy Burnham’s ‘full fat’ social democracy must face the reality of the bond markets
Sun 17 May 2026
Barney Macintyre
The great FTSE sell-off: why London’s listed firms are being snapped up
Sun 17 May 2026
Ben Zaranko
The battle for the future of Labour’s economic vision has begun
Sun 17 May 2026
Ben Zaranko
Andy Burnham’s byelection bid sends UK borrowing costs soaring to 15-year high
Sat 16 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Tough travel rules locking ex-offenders out of Britain also ‘lock out business’
Thu 14 May 2026
Ruth Curtice
Three myths about UK borrowing and growth
Mon 11 May 2026
James Harding
It’s time to rethink the future of the British economy
Mon 11 May 2026
John Manzoni
Switching to electricity is the way to power future Britain
Mon 11 May 2026
Ben Zaranko
Serenity, courage and wisdom: the government’s path to economic growth
Mon 11 May 2026
Praful Nargund
Brexit has been a disaster – but there is a path to a new deal with Europe
Mon 11 May 2026
Sir Richard Lambert
Building a consensus around rejoining the EU is the government’s first task
Mon 11 May 2026
Andy Haldane
The devolution revolution needs to be more than just a catchy slogan in order to unlock growth
Mon 11 May 2026
Ben Zaranko
After two decades of stagnation, it’s time to make Britain flourish again
Mon 11 May 2026
William Keegan
Keir Starmer’s losses summon return of the ‘gnomes of Zurich’
Sun 10 May 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Politics is trumping economics in the battle for growth
Sun 10 May 2026
Barney Macintyre
We’ve seen enough U-turns, it’s time to signal the UK is open for business
Sun 10 May 2026
Matthew Bishop
Britain will benefit if the ‘impact economy’ plan is back on track
Sun 10 May 2026
Barney Macintyre
‘It’s the equivalent of Gulf oil’: investors bet on UK science
Sun 10 May 2026
Will Hutton
Britain is on the cusp of a new technological industrial revolution
Sun 10 May 2026
The Observer Leader
Why Britain must focus on economic revival
Sun 10 May 2026
Letters to the editor
A one-day debate could revive assisted dying bill
Sat 9 May 2026
Ben Zaranko
Why we should mind the UK’s rising wealth gap
Sun 3 May 2026
Emma Haslett
Housebuilders hit by ‘perfect storm’ of regulation and war
Sun 3 May 2026
Brad Gray
Spooked investors could ground Heathrow’s third runway
Sun 3 May 2026
Matthew Bishop
Google hyperscales into first place in race for AI dominance
Sun 3 May 2026
The Observer Leader
Keir Starmer must find the courage to rejoin the EU
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Will Hutton
Britain’s mortgage-hike timebomb is the price homeowners will pay for decades of policy failure
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Neil Kinnock
The British people know Brexit has failed them. They also know how to fix it
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Fred Harter
The Iran war will make life in the UK even more expensive
Tue 7 Apr 2026
Tim Leunig
Day-one employment rights have bosses worried, but pave the way to a stronger economy
Sun 5 Apr 2026
Barney Macintyre
Litigation funder set for £100m payday if estate agents beat Rightmove
Sun 5 Apr 2026
Fred Harter
Food, energy and mortgages ... the next economic casualties of the Iran war
Sun 5 Apr 2026
Emma Haslett
Poor mental health among British workers leads to 5m sick days and bill of billions
Sun 29 Mar 2026
William Keegan
Enlightened capitalism is what we need in these dark times
Sun 29 Mar 2026
Isabel Coles
Strait of Hormuz closure’s deep global impact on food
Sun 29 Mar 2026
The Observer Leader
The Observer view: the chancellor’s big idea
Wed 18 Mar 2026
Barney Macintyre
As Reeves turns towards Europe, Greens start to think harder about fiscal policy
Sun 15 Mar 2026
Will Hutton
We can escape the state we’re in
Sun 15 Mar 2026
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
Fhaheen Khan: Britain needs to increase its domestic capacity investment
Sun 26 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
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
Fred Harter
Trump’s tariffs signal a new era of friction for world trade
Fri 1 Aug 2025
Adam Smith
Rachel Reeves faces some tough fiscal choices
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Ara Darzi
‘Bacteria knows no borders. The UK must stay in the fight’
Mon 21 Jul 2025
William Keegan
Reeves’s taxing problems can be fixed by a customs union
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Will Hutton
Labour must exploit the advantage of power – or lose it
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Catherine Neilan
Where can Rachel Reeves raise tax?
Sun 13 Jul 2025
Barney Macintyre
Wobbly growth, troubled trade and rising debt: UK plc is in a fix
Sat 12 Jul 2025
Will Hutton
Trump is gambling that the UK will help pick up the tab
Sun 6 Jul 2025
Matthew Bishop
The Wimbledon Effect? Pah! New balls please
Sun 6 Jul 2025
Fred Harter
The US stands on the cusp of a great regression
Thu 3 Jul 2025
Will Hutton
It is time to stop treating Britain's tax system as taboo
Sun 22 Jun 2025
The Observer leader
The Observer view: Labour faces an age of insecurity
Sun 15 Jun 2025
