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Big four cut jobs for graduates as AI adds to consulting crisis
Accountancy giants are reducing their university intake and workforces while offshoring roles, as the disruption caused by advanced AI begins to take effect.
2 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Women are falling further behind as pension gap widens
Women are saving roughly half the amount men are putting aside for their retirement, with the pensions gender gap widening over the last five years.
2 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Beaten by court backlogs and conviction myths, rape victims are giving up on justice
Martha Gill
4 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Starmer's next big battle: reforming the system for special needs children
Provision for pupils needing extra help could turn into a 'mess like welfare' if parents are ignored, Lib-Dem leader Ed Davey warns
4 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
'Controlling the narrative' always fails
It is a cliche that a cover-up is usually worse than the cock-up it is attempting to conceal.
4 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Are we supposed to believe no one noticed this email for 18 months?
Which of us has not sent an embarrassing email to the wrong person? Those of us who have struggled with Excel know just how easy it is to clip and send the wrong part of the data set.
3 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Fauja Singh
Long-distance runner who became a sporting legend after competing in his first marathon aged 89
4 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Labour must exploit the advantage of power — or lose it
The government is listing in the water. Yet it is vital not just that it stays afloat, but it succeeds. In fairness it is doing many of the right things - the NHS 10-year plan, a clever industrial strategy, raising public investment and getting closer to the EU on defence and security. It also had to raise tax big time, and from whatever source the impact would have been economically depressive.
3 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Gone rogue
The superinjunction around the Afghan data leak reveals a culture of impunity at the special forces
3 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Hard times and migrant fears lure voters to jump on Japan-first bandwagon
A far-right party leader who models himself on Donald Trump and rails against foreigners is expected to win seats in today's election.
3 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Markets vote for Fed chair Powell
Conspiracy theories that the US Federal Reserve is a tool of the “deep state” have percolated since at least the 1990s, when pseudoscientist G. Edward Griffin wrote The Creature from Jekyll Island. More recently Curtis Yarvin, an influential far-right thinker, has questioned whether Fed independence is a good idea — despite evidence that countries with independent central banks have lower inflation and interest rates.
1 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
It's great to have a US-style summer jobs scheme but it lacks scale and ambition
I started work, aged 14, paid £3 an hour in today's money, for Saturday mornings in a shop. At 16, I worked a full day, as did most of my friends. We also worked every summer. This was normal in the 1980s.
2 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Teach First's brand must be protected, say headteachers
More than 100 headteachers are urging the government to protect Teach First, the education charity that recruits high-flying graduates to work in schools in deprived areas.
1 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Told to wait up to eight hours for RAC – and then left with £100 bill
When my car broke down on 26 April, I phoned the RAC at 12.58pm. I was told to go online. I did this and received a message advising that I would have to wait for between four hours 40 minutes and seven hours 40 minutes before a vehicle was likely to be with me.
3 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Mark Rutte
The Dutch called their former PM Mr Teflon. The world now knows him as Nato's Trump whisperer, writes Andrew Anthony
4 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Italian luxury brand Loro Piana linked to exploitation of workers
The exquisite touch of its logo-free products, especially its signature cashmere, has made Loro Piana arguably the world’s leading “stealth wealth” fashion brand.
1 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
It's a privilege to choose my own bedtime
Vulnerable people often can't afford to pay for basic independence, writes Melanie Reid
2 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
End of the road for Hanoi's 7m motorbikes drives riders to fury
As the mid-afternoon heat subsides, the streets of Hanoi come alive with dizzying traffic and the deafening roar of thousands of motorbikes.
2 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
The left can't count on 16-year-olds' votes – but here's how they might be won
Shuab Gamote
3 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
I sobbed along to Oasis. Why? It's complicated...
Xavier Greenwood
1 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Last orders for Diageo boss after failure to lift spirits
\"Pure Genius\", the slogan long used to sell Guinness, is now desperately needed by the black stuff's parent. Diageo last week parted company with its chief executive, Debra Crew, by mutual agreement after just two years in the job.
1 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
A national treasure lost ... and still no one knows why
The Sycamore Gap tree-fellers have now been sentenced, but the big question remains.
3 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
'It was horrifying beyond words': Syria mourns, and prays the ceasefire will hold
It took days for Alia al-Qantar to venture outside her home in the city of Sweida in southern Syria, after almost a week of fierce fighting led to hundreds of deaths. When she emerged, the scene was one of horror.
3 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Under the gun: data leak puts spotlight on dark deeds of special forces
MP warns that unit could have its wings clipped after murder allegations
3 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
UK body tackling antimicrobial resistance scrapped as part of global aid budget cuts
Move to close Fleming Fund also threatens standing as a reliable global partner
1 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Lionesses are pride of the nation with Euros final just a match away
Players take time out to relive the drama of thrilling penalty shootout victory, but Italy await on Tuesday
2 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Chevron seals Hess deal as oil focus shifts to Guyana
Chevron has completed the takeover of US oil company Hess after winning a legal clash with rival ExxonMobil that had held the deal up for nearly two years.
1 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Young hit hard by trade wars and rise of Al
Employers cite national insurance changes and new living wage for hiring fewer people for lower paying jobs
1 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
In Darwin's slipstream
In 1831, when he was just 22, the naturalist Charles Darwin set sail from Plymouth on the HMS Beagle. Over the next five years, he explored distant lands, collected rare specimens and documented his observations in dozens of notebooks.
1 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
More arrests over Palestine Action group
At least 80 people were arrested in protests across the country yesterday for supporting the group Palestine Action, which has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation.
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