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The Boer war offers Boris Johnson a lesson in freedom

Brief letters: War in Ukraine | Premier League colours | Praise for Polly Toynbee | Gambling addiction | Picking up Covid

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I’ve covered countless Tory mini-budgets. The cruelty of this one shocked even me

How naive I was to think that Rishi Sunak would protect the poorest from the heaviest blows of the cost of living crisis, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Spend a day with me in the eviction court, Mr Sunak, and you’ll understand the ‘cost of living’

If the chancellor raised benefits in line with inflation, it would help those tenants for whom rising bills are the last straw, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Taxing questions for wealthy pensioners

Letters: Millions of people already pay tax on their pensions, says Ian Fraser, but Janet Dobson says it’s in pensioners’ own interest to pay a bit more if they can afford it

The Guardian - UK

Pensioner poverty is at a new high – so why are older people still voting Tory?

To solve this crisis, we need to share some of the unearned wealth of richer pensioners with those who need it most, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

The Tories railed against ‘green crap’. Why trust them to solve the energy crisis now?

Since David Cameron’s 2013 U-turn, wind and solar power have been sidelined. Do you believe Boris Johnson will do better, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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As we do everything we can to support Ukraine, Britain has the chance to be a better country

From the questioning of fossil fuels to greater support for refugees, the shock of this terrible war has already made us more human, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Fathers are condemning their children to poverty. Why do ministers let them get away with it?

The child maintenance system is still heavily biased against women – and our system for addressing that is a shambles, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

The Tories’ Whitehall farce has left Britain running on empty

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s ideological war on the civil service makes no sense, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Look at the fall of a brilliant Labour leader – and see why so many shun public service

Throughout the harshest years of austerity, Nick Forbes kept Newcastle going with ingenious measures. We need more like him, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

How to save our precious public services? A windfall tax on those who got rich from Covid

Rowan Williams is right. A one-off charge on the 1% who boosted their incomes during the pandemic is urgently needed, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Real constitutional reform goes beyond abolishing the monarchy

Letters: To really empower ordinary people, we must overhaul a political system no longer fit for purpose, writes Hugh Legge. Plus letters from Nigel Florence, Christopher Tanner and Andrew Dean

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Clearly Britain loses more than it gains from the monarchy. Let us be brave and end it

The royal jubilee would be a cheerful end to a state of affairs that cannot be allowed to continue, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Time to clean up politics and end dirty donations

Letters: Readers respond to Polly Toynbee’s article on the stink surrounding Tory fundraising

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Without state funding, Britain’s politics will always stink

A colossal amount of power is wielded by dangerously few donors, with just 10 people donating a quarter of Tory funds, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Will easy, early abortions become another casualty of the Tories’ culture war?

Doctors say a return to pre-Covid rules, where women had to get a clinic appointment, will leave many waiting too long, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

The definition of levelling down: the Bank of England calling for wage ‘restraint’

In the midst of a cost-of-living crisis, the Bank’s governor has betrayed a familiar disdain for those struggling to cope, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Sunak’s energy rebates won’t even come close to helping people with soaring bills

A financial shock is about to hit a country already battered and bruised by years of austerity, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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There’s a smarter way to fix the social care crisis than raising national insurance

Northumbria’s NHS trust could be a model for integrating health and social care, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Exposing the big lie behind help to buy

Letters: The Tory belief that private home ownership can solve the housing crisis is deeply flawed, writes Mike Lambert, while Bernie Evans calls for more help for private sector tenants. Plus views from both sides of the buy-to-let debate

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The verdict is in: George Osborne’s help-to-buy scheme has been an utter disaster

According to a damning Lords report, it isn’t just a waste of £29bn, it has made Britain’s unequal housing market even worse, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The right to protest must be protected at all costs

Letters: Readers respond to Polly Toynbee’s article about the power of political activism, and the threat of the policing bill to our liberty

The Guardian - UK

I’ve been protesting all my life. It can feel futile, yet doing nothing is much worse

The Tories are trying to ban the activism that has shaped me – from Greenham Common to UK Uncut, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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