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Will Hutton

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Will Hutton writes for the Observer and is co-chair of the Purposeful Company

April 2025

  • Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, wearing a yellow hard hat and protective clothing during a visit to British Steel in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.

    double quotation markBritish Steel must now join the modern economy, not be a prisoner of the old

    Will Hutton
    Lack of investment and vision has dogged UK industry, while China has literally forged ahead
  • Donald Trump speaking outside the White House on Wednesday after pausing tariffs for most countries, but not China.

    double quotation markDonald Trump is now badly wounded. Europe and the UK can seize an advantage

    Will Hutton
    It’s time to fashion a new global trade order without the US
  • Dom Mckenzie The Observer Comment Trump trade war web version

    double quotation markBritain needn’t be cowed by wrecking-ball Trump, it should seize opportunities in Europe, Canada and beyond

    Will Hutton
    Keir Starmer can help redefine global trade while strengthening new – and old – alliances

March 2025

  • The UK’s Keir Starmer and French president Emmanuel Macron.

    double quotation markHard times: why Rachel Reeves must be bold and ditch her Dickensian rulebook

    Will Hutton
  • Dom Mckenzie The Observer Comment End of Liberty USA trump web version

    double quotation markThe founding fathers baked reason, truth and free speech into the US. That’s all gone now

    Will Hutton

February 2025

  • Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron, right, stand, arms by their sides, in front of saluting military chiefs.

    double quotation markSpending big on defence is a win for Rachel Reeves, Britain and the world

    Will Hutton
  • Dom Mckenzie The Observer Comment Green Growth web version

    double quotation markPromoting green growth does not make you an ‘eco-nutter’. It’s the only way forward

    Will Hutton

January 2025

  • Multi-coloured strands of protein structures derived from AlphaFold study.

    double quotation markAI is a force for good – and Britain needs to be a maker of ideas, not a mere taker

    Will Hutton
  • Eurogroup Ministers Meeting<br>BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - DECEMBER 9 : British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves talks to media prior the start of an Eurogroup Ministers meeting in the Europa, the EU Council headquarter on December 9, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. As part of a series of exchanges with key international partners on global economic developments, the Eurogroup will hold a discussion with Rachel Reeves, the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

    double quotation markBritain is a weak link in Donald Trump’s new world order, so it needs to find friends… fast

    Will Hutton

December 2024

  • Portrait of the French social observer Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) by artist Theodore Chasseriau.

    double quotation markBritain will never be great again until we stop flogging our top companies to the US

    Will Hutton
    Tech selloffs not only cost tax revenue and jobs, but are turning the UK into a vassal state

November 2024

  • Illustration shows man in checked jacket standing by a fence, in front of a field of large pink piggybanks, with a country house and rolling hills in the background.

    double quotation markFarmers have hoarded land for too long. Inheritance tax will bring new life to rural Britain

    Will Hutton
  • Budget Day, Downing Street, Westminster, London, on 30th October, 2024., London, London, London, England - 30 Oct 2024<br>© Paul Marriott Photography Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Marriott/REX/Shutterstock (14845467ad) Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, stands outside Number 11 Downing Street with the red Budget box with the red Budget box before she delivers her Budget speech in The House of Commons at lunchtime. Budget Day, Downing Street, Westminster, London, on 30th October, 2024. Rachel Reeves is the first female Chancellor of the Exchequer, and it will be the first Labour budget in 14 years. Budget Day, Downing Street, Westminster, London, on 30th October, 2024., London, London, London, England - 30 Oct 2024

    double quotation markInvestment drives growth. That’s why gloomy forecasters are so wrong about the budget

    Will Hutton

October 2024

  • Dom Mckenzie The Observer Comment Wealth Inequality web version

    double quotation markBritain’s wealth gap is growing. Its malign effects seep into all aspects of life. It’s a national disaster

    Will Hutton
  • Keir Starmer<br>Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

    double quotation markAfter 100 days of mistakes, we need to hear Labour’s underlying philosophy

    Will Hutton

September 2024

  • Illustration by Dominic McKenzie.

    double quotation mark‘Levelling up’ began five years ago. Now we’re more divided than ever. Is this the UK’s fate?

    Will Hutton
  • A figure in a headscarf looks at pictures of the Grenfell Tower fire victims.

    double quotation markThe Grenfell report is a blueprint for an overhaul of our dysfunctional state

    Will Hutton

August 2024

  • Female figure in a white coat looks through a microscope at tiny factories balanced on a pound sign.

    double quotation markBritain could be a sci-tech superpower – if the Treasury stopped holding it back

    Will Hutton
    The UK has the research base, the startups, the venture capitalists, but its presence in the global market is pitiful. The chancellor must step in

July 2024

  • Cutouts of Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch against a background of newspapers.

    double quotation markRupert Murdoch’s secret succession drama is a warning to rein in the super-rich

    Will Hutton
    Media mogul’s bid to extend rightwing influence beyond the grave must be resisted to the last
  • Rachel Reeves has announced a review into Britain’s pension fund system.

    double quotation markPension reform is the key to unleashing investment boom and turning round stock market

    Will Hutton
    Britain needs fewer and much larger funds that can diversify risks and invest in range of assets
  • Warren Buffet, pictured in 2006, speaks to a press conference.

    double quotation markThe rich were led to believe they were different. Those days are numbered

    Will Hutton
    Wealth is a privilege, and with it comes the obligation of paying tax to benefit society
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