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Larry Elliott

The Guardian

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Trump’s trade war put the UK on the back foot. His actual war may break us

Trump’s trade war put the UK on the back foot. His actual war may break us

Britain is facing the most severe energy shock since the early 1970s, but have no fear: the government has a plan. Details of said plan are still a...

02.04.2026 10

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Larry Elliott

Iran could be the US’s Boer war: a hollow victory that marks the beginning of the end of empire

Nobody gave the Boers a prayer when the war in South Africa began in 1899. It was farmers ranged against the might of the British empire, and the...

19.03.2026 10

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Larry Elliott

If Keir Starmer is ousted, Labour could still win the next election. Here’s how that would work

In the summer of 1992 John Major was riding high. Selling himself as the everyman leader voters could relate to, Margaret Thatcher’s successor as...

19.02.2026 600

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How can Britain regain its manufacturing power? Start thinking like a developing country

05.02.2026 10

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Larry Elliott

The ‘rules-based order’ Davos craves has bigger problems than Trump: it represents a world that no longer exists

21.01.2026 10

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Larry Elliott

Here’s why Labour is struggling to deliver: the British state is immense, but pull the levers and nothing happens

08.01.2026 10

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Larry Elliott

Labour is living in a fool’s paradise if it thinks it has plenty of time to turn Britain around

24.12.2025 20

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Larry Elliott

Labour has quietly gutted funding for struggling regions – this is what betrayal looks like

11.12.2025 10

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Larry Elliott

This was Rachel Reeves’s ‘live now, pay later’ budget. The big question is: what happens when ‘later’ arrives?

27.11.2025 10

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Larry Elliott

Rachel Reeves is the face of this budget. But the really big decisions are not in Labour’s hands

23.10.2025 10

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Larry Elliott

The next big financial crisis may be brewing. Warning signs are already there

25.09.2025 10

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Larry Elliott

Let France be a warning, Rachel Reeves: stand up to the bond market vigilantes, or they’ll come for Britain next

11.09.2025 10

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Larry Elliott

A policy that benefited the richest and cost the UK £100bn: it’s long past time to end the fuel duty freeze

14.08.2025 10

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Larry Elliott

This trade deal is the EU’s Suez moment – its subservience to Trump is on show for all to see

31.07.2025 10

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Larry Elliott

Rachel Reeves is hoping deregulation will save the economy. We know how that ends

16.07.2025 20

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Ministers are fretting about Britain’s falling birthrate. Here’s why it could be a good thing

02.07.2025 10

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Will the new Middle East crisis rock the world economy? The markets say no – but I fear they’re wrong

18.06.2025 10

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Larry Elliott

Rachel Reeves can’t avoid raising taxes any longer – but she’ll need to get creative

04.06.2025 10

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Larry Elliott

Cutting aid for girls’ education isn’t just wrong – it’s economically illiterate

Ask any one of the 187 female Labour MPs whether they would have made it to the House of Commons without an education and you would probably get short...

22.05.2025 10

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Larry Elliott

Class still matters in politics – and until living standards improve, Reform will continue to prosper

08.05.2025 10

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Larry Elliott

Trump’s an unstable bully – but it’s hard to defend the economic orthodoxies he is attacking

23.04.2025 10

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Larry Elliott

I’ve seen many phoney trade wars come and go. This is the real thing

09.04.2025 20

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Larry Elliott

Labour needs an urgent history lesson. Its plans couldn’t fund a war and won’t boost growth

13.03.2025 9

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Larry Elliott

Labour’s aid cuts are morally wrong. Here’s why they make no economic sense either

28.02.2025 20

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Larry Elliott

Donald Trump sees his trade war as a show of strength. In fact, it’s the opposite

13.02.2025 10

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Larry Elliott

The west is already losing the AI arms race

30.01.2025 10

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Larry Elliott

At Davos, Trump will face a less friendly brand of billionaire – but their dominance is waning

16.01.2025 20

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Larry Elliott