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Hold your nerve on Lords reform, Keir Starmer, or we’ll never see the back of Boris Johnson’s cronies

If Labour’s leader only targets hereditary peers, the likes of Charlotte Owen and others who shouldn’t even be there will survive, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2023

Labour has to be more than simply the anti-Tory party

Letters: Gary Nethercott and Lyn Howard respond to Frances Ryan’s article about the party’s lack of clear policy direction under Keir Starmer

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2023

By telling us so little about its policy plans, Labour tells us all we need to know

Crashing headlong into multiple crises, Britain needs bold solutions, not Keir Starmer’s cautious reserve, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2023

Eurovision represents everything that is nonsensically termed ‘woke’ – that’s what makes it so special

The high-camp contest, hosted this year by the UK on Ukraine’s behalf, is diverse, unifying, tolerant – all things we need more of, says the Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2023

As a billionaire king is crowned, he urges us to do some charity work. Welcome to Britain

Charles’ coronation initiative is no surprise – the royals seem to prefer ad hoc philanthropy to actually funding public services, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2023

Jeremy Hunt will boast about benefit hikes, but his party knows it’s still not enough to live on

Despite the headline figure of 10.1%, the Conservative approach to welfare is such that they’re still keeping people in poverty, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2023

Good riddance to the work capability assessment, the cruellest social policy of modern times

Thousands of people have died after wrongly being found ‘fit for work’, but benefits campaigners aren’t celebrating yet, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2023

Budget 2023: will it lift Britain’s economic gloom? Our panel give their verdict

Jeremy Hunt has announced reforms to childcare, pensions and disability benefits. What do they mean for the economy?

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2023

I want to work, but employers can’t cope with my disability

Letters: If Jeremy Hunt wants the ‘economically inactive’ back in the workplace, they must be offered proper support, say readers in response to an article by Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2023

Jeremy Hunt says focus on the ‘economically inactive’. I say he is scapegoating the sick

The chancellor’s rhetoric, echoed by the rightwing press, makes his view clear: that being too ill to work is a lifestyle choice, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2023