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Too many pupils miss lessons, says Ofsted, and that’s right. Call it the Michael Gove effect

Children are being set up to fail, as teachers quit and school buildings crumble. Gove set the tone – blame him for this rot, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Jeremy Hunt will say the NHS is treating fewer patients with more money. Whose fault is that, chancellor?

The autumn statement will be another chance for the Tories to offload blame, as if 13 years of failure and cuts hadn’t happened, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Cameron is no moderating influence. The Tories’ autumn statement will prove that

Sunak has not had some Damascene conversion back to a mythical centre ground, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Suella Braverman is sunk, and so are the Tories: a party of nihilists, led by a loser

The former home secretary is a dangerous loudmouth, but she speaks for a party that has been marching rightwards for years, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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With bursting jails and Europe’s longest sentences, the last thing the UK needs is more rightwing ‘reforms’

The justice select committee’s plea for public engagement on prisons policy is poignant – and probably likely to go unheard, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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To pay for pensions and care, tax those who are really rich, not older homeowners

Letter: Rowan Adams responds to Polly Toynbee’s suggestion that ‘the money is right there for the taking, in wealthy pensioners’ assets’

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This king’s speech will deliver the final blows from a Tory party facing oblivion

Attacks on homeless people and infantile traps for Labour: is this really Rishi Sunak’s answer to Britain’s permacrisis, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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During Covid, callous Tories knew this about old people: they’re very expensive

This government has done precious little to prepare for an ageing population, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Labour calling for a ceasefire would achieve nothing. So why should it tear itself apart over this?

Keir Starmer is not playing politics with the Israel-Hamas war, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Why are so many female voters undecided? Labour can engage them with policies, not politics

Rachel Reeves’ plans would benefit women all over the country - commmunicating them properly will be key, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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How Scottish and European media covered the Chain of Freedom

SCOTTISH independence grassroots activists hosted one of the most ambitious mobilisations of Yes activists the movement has seen since 2014 earlier…

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Exhausted, but still cruel, the Tories continue to detach themselves from ordinary voters

Jeremy Hunt may freeze benefits yet again. Is tightening that screw a vote winner? No longer, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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A reason to be hopeful: in Poland they’ve kicked out the rightwing populists. Britain can too

Demography played a role, as did education and the voting system. All provide key lessons for Keir Starmer’s Labour, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Half a million of us want to donate our data to British science, but it’s languishing unused because of privacy fears

Data supplied to UK Biobank UK is not for sale, it’s not for trivial or suspect use, it’s for the good of humankind, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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I went to Labour conference in search of its plans for radical reform – what I found gave me hope

Labour’s frontbench is promising to tackle child poverty and to make work pay, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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To all the doubters who still think Labour too tame: read its policies – and finally believe

From clean energy to affordable housing, Rachel Reeves says she has a plan to pay for it all, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Rishi Sunak knows the end is nigh, but has no clue how to build a decent legacy. He should ask me

It may be too late for his party. But from council tax reform to social care, there’s still time for the PM to rescue his reputation, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Tories are running scared, but we should all fear what they may become

The prospect of defeat has liberated the party to lurch further to the right, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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We have all felt powerless as poverty mounts in Tory Britain. Here is a practical way to hold back the tide

Help with bills via a social tariff would hark back to the success of the Covid universal credit uplift, writes Polly Toynbee

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The Tories have warped an already crooked electoral system, pushing millions of voters off the roll

British people have become disillusioned with democracy, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Sunak’s anti-green stance exposes his reckless dishonesty. His fate is what matters, the planet can go hang

He claimed to represent change, but his net zero speech shows the PM is as disreputable as his predecessors, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Lib Dems are struggling when they should be flying: should they leap in where Labour fears to tread?

The party needs a radical approach if it wants to be seen as any more than a tactical vote to get rid of the Tories, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Lucy Letby case is the latest stick to beat NHS management with. Here’s what the critics overlook

Hospital chiefs may be an easy target but the job – especially after years of austerity – is fiendishly difficult, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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When is a vandal not a vandal? When they’re attacking Ulez cameras, say desperate Tory MPs

Investigating protest and criminal damage is apparently now a waste of police time. Funny that Conservatives didn’t say that about Just Stop Oil protests, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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A letter has laid bare the scale of poverty in Britain – but will Rishi Sunak be moved?

Life’s essentials cost £120 a week, far above what benefits provide, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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