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Labour’s historic attack on disabled people is already wrecking lives. Just ask Kevin

The anxiety and horror of these sweeping cuts are a matter of deliberate policy. How did the party of Bevan come to this, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2025

Why it’s nearly impossible to build a perfect March Madness bracket — explained by mathematicians

With the first three rounds of March Madness over and the Elite Eight about to play, Brittany Miller writes about why your bracket has likely already been busted — and will continue to be at this stage, for years to come

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2025

Maybe I’m Amazed by John Harris review – a father and his autistic son bond through music

An honest and intensely moving book about the struggle of parenthood and the power of connection

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2025

Migrant health and care workers deserve better than this

Letters: Readers respond to an article by John Harris in which he reflects on a ‘bitter absurdity’ at the heart of British life

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2025

It’s the Kemi delusion: the more the Tories run towards Reform, the more their voters will run to the Lib Dems

Part of the genius of UK Conservatism used to be how it responded to chaos using the balm of tradition. Secondhand Trumpism will only alienate its voters further, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2025

In an NHS ward I saw how Britain relies on immigrants. Yet still we tell them they’re not wanted

My dad’s journey through the health and social care systems proves what politicians secretly know: we’ll be lost if they succeed in ‘sending them home’, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2025

Starmer’s dislike of real politics is plain to see. It’s why his government has no direction

In power, Labour’s agenda has been stripped back to an empty obsession with growth and an imitation of Reform UK. The public isn’t falling for it, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2025

Think Trumpism couldn’t take root and flourish in Britain? Think again

In the shadow of a defunct Amazon warehouse in Staffordshire, I spoke to people who felt the appeal of a strongman leader who ‘does what he says’, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2025

How disabled adults are sidelined by social care

Letters: Charging people on benefits for care in their homes causes real financial hardship, writes Claire Bolderson, while Jill Souter worries for the future of the charity that cares for her daughter. Plus, letters from Ray Downing and John Beer

The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2025

Shut away and ignored: thousands of disabled adults are at the frontier of the human rights struggle

When you attend your local choir or yoga class, just stop and think – where are the disabled adults, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025