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If MPs want to take on Nigel Farage over his dodgy finances, they need to clean up their own act

It’s hard to beat back charges that MPs are ‘all the same’ when they have accepted £400k in freebies this year, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Burnham is taking a bold risk by busting the big lie of politics – that change is impossible

Unequal capitalist societies survive on the premise that certain things are inevitable. Admit that these are political choices, and who knows what voters will demand, asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Friday briefing: How disabled creators are challenging an ableist world

In today’s newsletter: Amid protests, policy battles and rising hostility, disabled designers and artists show how pleasure, creativity and visibility defy stigma

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Burnham has a chance to overhaul Pip. Here’s what a truly progressive system could look like

Last week’s Timms report shows how disability is still vilified. But some pragmatic fixes would help both claimants and the economy, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Want to know what Andy Burnham would do in government? Take a look at his past

His plan for the country is still vague, but there are clues to what he thinks, on topics from inheritance tax to welfare and social care, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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The old ‘warfare v welfare’ arguments are back – but it’s Britain’s real duty to spend on both

Slashing benefits in favour of defence will make millions less, not more, safe, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Air conditioning: the wealthy and well can afford it, but disabled people who need it most can’t

It is a short-term fix, but AC is an essential tool for many for whom the heat can be harmful, and even life-threatening, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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King Charles’s White House visit was an exercise in full-throttle distraction and denial

A few days of joviality will hardly change American foreign policy or guarantee Trump’s ever-erratic affections for long, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Britain’s shadow workforce is paid as little as 65p an hour. Who cares for the carers?

Carer’s allowance turns 50 this year, but it’s no reflection of the labour of the millions who cook, clean and nurse behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Next week’s disability cuts will make people destitute – and you might not understand how bad they are until it’s too late

If new claimants don’t meet strict criteria, they’ll lose half of the health element of universal credit. Don’t ignore that: in life’s lottery, that could easily be you, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Going back to the good old days of DVDs

Letters: Readers respond to a column by Frances Ryan in which she argues that streaming is rubbish

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The hill I will die on: Streaming is rubbish – take me back to the golden era of DVDs

Deliver me from the hassle of multiple platforms, ‘double paywalls’ and the nagging feeling I’m helping to fund Jeff Bezos’s next yacht, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Mainstream schools are not beneficial for all Send children

Letters: Readers on the importance of special schools in response to Frances Ryan’s article about Labour’s reforms on special educational needs and disabilities

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Labour’s Send reforms get this right: disabled children in mainstream schools is transformative for everyone

It doesn’t fit neatly on a Treasury spreadsheet, but there is huge value in disabled and non-disabled pupils learning together, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Social media platforms are only as good as the people who run them

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Frances Ryan on whether it is ethical to use social media apps, given they can be rife with toxic rhetoric

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Given the toxicity of social media, a moral question now faces all of us: is it still ethical to use it?

With so many platforms rife with racism, misogyny and far-right rhetoric, there must be a point where decent people walk away, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour

Starmer’s ailing government is happy to pursue ideas like cutting Motability, but all ministers will do is damage lives and themselves, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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The two-child limit is abolished at last. Watch out for the narrative that will follow

The right is already in a frenzy about the migrant groups it thinks will benefit – and the budget contained other trade-offs, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Limits to Motability Cars Imposed After Shocking Rise In PIP Recipients Without Visible Disabilities Applying For Luxury Vehicles

UK Motability reforms remove luxury cars, prioritise British-built models, and ignite debate over disability rights and welfare cuts.

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Labour’s takedown of the Green party sums up the double standard that dogs our politics

Why is it that the politics of hope offered up by the left is dismissed as naive, while the policies of the centre and right are portrayed as all that is possible? asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Just beads in a glass jar: this is how the Tories dehumanise migrants and those in need

The Conservatives, like Reform, are rooting their immigration policy in the language of welfare dependency. It’s deeply harmful, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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It’s Badenoch’s Tory show, 2025: like Britain seeing an old flame and remembering why we blocked their number

The conference offers a flailing leader, Trumpite policies and rivals jockeying for position. It is comical, but also worrying, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Starmer should have conference in his hands – instead, power is slipping through his fingers

Last year’s triumph has turned into a groundhog day loop of missed chances and bad calls. The PM needs to change tack – but is he capable of it? asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Trump has gone home but Britain’s problems will remain. Starmer’s invitation was a big mistake

All the pomp and circumstance can’t distract from the hate and division. The PM must summon the courage to act, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Did Labour really think it was a good idea to let Farage hijack the summer headlines?

The entire frontbench seemed to be asleep on the beach while the Reform leader made hay with his anti-migrant bile, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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