Will Hutton writes for the Observer and is co-chair of the Purposeful Company
October 2024
After 100 days of mistakes, we need to hear Labour’s underlying philosophy
Will Hutton
Keir Starmer must learn from Tony Blair and combine practical solutions with ideas
September 2024
‘Levelling up’ began five years ago. Now we’re more divided than ever. Is this the UK’s fate?
Will Hutton
The Grenfell report is a blueprint for an overhaul of our dysfunctional state
Will Hutton
August 2024
Britain 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
Rupert 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
Pension 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
The 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
June 2024
Labour needs billions to fund its plans – and I know where it can be found
Will Hutton
By harnessing the power of pension funds, it truly can become the party of growth
Thatcherism, austerity, Brexit, Liz Truss... goodbye and good riddance to all that
Will Hutton
For 45 years, Britain has been blighted by Conservative ideologies that promised a path to prosperity, but achieved nothing of the sort
Socialism isn’t a dirty word. It’s simply about wanting to make a fairer society
Will Hutton
Labour’s leadership needn’t struggle to define the ideology; it’s in its very constitution
May 2024
We’ve got the talent and the tech. So why can’t Britain grow its own world-beaters?
Will Hutton
Other lives
Katherine Gieve obituary
May Contain Lies by Alex Edmans review – fake news rules… and that’s a fact
So empire and the slave trade contributed little to Britain’s wealth? Pull the other one, Kemi Badenoch
Will Hutton
April 2024
Britain was wise to cleave to Europe as the empire began to disintegrate. It’s time to do it again
Will Hutton
Ideas of exceptionalism and ‘laissez-faire’ policies are still driving economic myths that should be stone dead
Ditching European trade for China and India was ever a poor bet. Now it’s a farce
Will Hutton
Brexiters’ Asia hopes have foundered amid economic woes and hardline nationalism; it’s time to look at markets in our own backyard
Conservatism’s biggest failure is the despair it has created about Britain’s future
Will Hutton
Fantasies about British exceptionalism have brought the UK to the brink of collapse. We need a new, realistic vision, says author and journalist Will Hutton
March 2024
The UK is trapped in a cycle of political, social and financial turmoil. But there is a way out…
The Conservatives’ pernicious reign, defined by a toxic belief in self-organising markets, has brought Britain to its knees. But we now have an opportunity to turn things around
For the birds? Far from it. At last Rachel Reeves has given Britain a plan for economic liftoff
Will Hutton
Despite being called continuity Hunt, the shadow chancellor has set out a proposal for meaningful change
Ignore the rightwing moaners. We don’t have 9m shirkers – they just want better work
Will Hutton
A wild west labour market and millions of people on NHS waiting lists are responsible for the ballooning benefits bill, not idleness
