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Misery for Sunak, glee for Davey, mostly joy for Starmer – our panel on the byelection results

Our panel assesses the positions of the parties after an extraordinary night of bellwether byelections

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Will Keir Starmer’s Labour really do more than it is promising?

Letters: Critics of Labour caution should know Tory damage can’t be reversed without democratic power, says Neil Kinnock. And Paul Gravett writes that citing New Labour’s record isn’t helpful

The Guardian - UK

Listen up, critics: first let Labour win power. Then scrutinise its real record

Of course Keir Starmer is cautious in the runup to an election – Labour can’t change Britain from the opposition benches, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Sunak could have made peace with public servants a year ago – he just didn’t want to

For over seven months, Tory ideologues put Britain through the wringer. We pay a high price for cheap politics, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Education is the key to reviving social mobility

Letters: Readers respond to Polly Toynbee’s analysis of Labour’s new education policy to break the ‘class ceiling’

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Robert Jenrick going to war with Mickey Mouse is no surprise – this government is anti-child to its core

Painting over a mural is just the latest cruel twist in 13 years of Conservative hostility to families, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Keir Starmer has finally used the C-word: acknowledging the barriers of class that still divide us

Labour’s new education policy aims to give all children a better start, but there’s a lot of damage to undo, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Tories, hear this: the public still believes in the NHS on its 75th birthday – and we know you don’t

It has suffered years of underfunding but it will recover, because Britons understand what it means for our way of life, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Voter ID is just one item in a long list of assaults on our democracy

Letters: Breaches of standards in public office, clampdowns on protest and attacks on the judiciary have all featured in the last few years of Tory rule, writes Prof Toby S James. Plus letters from Mark Ellis, William Wallace and Michael Bulley

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#MeToo has got men quaking in the corridors of power. That’s something to celebrate

Toppling the mightiest abusers matters – it tells schoolchildren that our culture will no longer condone sexual aggression, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Look at the effects of the Tories’ corrupt voter ID rules – and then tell me Britain is still a democracy

Once in power, Labour should focus on undoing the damage of these constitutional assaults, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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So, George Osborne, austerity was essential? Tell that to the children still suffering its terrible effects

The former chancellor’s ‘heartfelt sympathy’ for bereaved people at the Covid inquiry rang entirely false, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Safety checks run down and boom time for criminals: this is why the UK is becoming the ‘dustbin of Europe’

The officials who ensure our consumer goods are safe are being lost to Tory neglect, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Snarls and smears from disgraced Boris Johnson, readying his troops for civil war

The Partygate report could not be more damning – but his only concern is for those who still mass under his tattered flag, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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This is Starmer’s moment. Thatcherism has collapsed, and the Tories are at each other’s throats

This is no passing crisis, it is existential. Look at the polls – people don’t want the Tories or their agenda any more, says Polly Toynbee

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Labour won’t be able to instantly fix every Tory failure. But social care would be a good place to start

Solving this neglected crisis requires money. The problem is: so does every public institution starved of funds since 2010, says Polly Toynbee

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A campaign against inheritance tax led by a multimillionaire? These really are desperate times for the Tories

While ministers look to the Telegraph for policies and Nadhim Zahawi fights for the status quo, Labour has a bold, serious vision, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals by Polly Toynbee review – the genes, the dreams

In this heartfelt memoir, the columnist considers how a century-long commitment to human improvement inspired her family

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George Osborne destroyed Britain’s safety net. The Covid inquiry should shame him into silence

His iniquitous austerity programme left the population sick, vulnerable, and unprepared for a pandemic, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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An Uneasy Inheritance by Polly Toynbee review – living up to high ideals

What happens when good intentions meet good fortune? Politics melds with personal drama in this candid family history

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Low birth rate linked to fear about the future

Letter: Chris Neill suspects that young people don’t feel the world is a safe enough place to bring a child into

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Rishi Sunak thinks voters don’t care about his vast wealth, but the pollsters aren’t so sure

Public opinion is turning against the super-rich. Will it take a general election for the prime minister to realise, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Polly Toynbee: what my privileged start in life taught me about the British class system

It wasn’t just luck that steered the Guardian columnist to Oxford and into a media career ... She reflects on the subtle mechanics of class (and an early encounter with a naked future PM)

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The great British baby drought has a simple cause. And it’s not ‘cultural Marxism’

There’s no shortage of people who want more children. But under the Conservatives, parenthood is punished, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Tories are on the ropes now – and Labour’s knockout blows are not far away

‘Boring’ Keir Starmer is more radical than you might think, and he’s already bringing home the votes, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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