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Britain lavishes benefits on plenty of rich pensioners. Let’s means test them now

Bumping the state pension age up to 68 will do little to help those who are so poor, they won’t even reach that age, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Keir Starmer’s private prescription for the NHS is dangerous

Letters: David Hinchcliffe says using the private sector for NHS patients directly undermines the service. Plus letters from Jeanne Warren, Dr John Puntis and Johnbosco Nwogbo

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Zahawi, Sunak, Johnson: this is rule by plutocrat. It’s like a stench that’s worse each day

The Tory chairman’s £5m tax ‘error’ shows the murkiness of politics run by and for the super-rich, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Assisted dying should be a right – not a crime

Letters: Barbara Bell writes about the suffering of patients she has cared for, and Nick Anderson says choice is key, but Nozmul Hussain says there would be unwanted consequences

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Today, 17 people will likely die in unimaginable pain. Here’s how you can help stop that

You will need to be brave to read these stories. But they show how assisted dying would be a change for the good, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Don’t panic when Starmer refers to NHS ‘reform’. He is thwarting Tory moves to destroy it

For too long, reform has been a ministerial code word for ‘dismantling’. Labour’s approach will be refreshingly different, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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‘Civilised European nations’ sack striking workers, do they, Grant Shapps? What nonsense

The business secretary is trying to warp reality as part of the Tories’ culture war against NHS staff, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Are you siding with Harry or the palace? Either way, you fall into the royalist trap

The prince’s tell-all media blitz was meant to lift the lid on royal failings. Even more clearly, it shows the price Britain pays for monarchy, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The only course left for Sunak’s friendless government is to settle these strikes now

The Tories have even lost the support of their cheerleaders in the rightwing press, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Ministers can – and must – give nurses a fair pay rise

Letters: The government should not try to hide behind pay review bodies, write Alastair Hatchett, Peter Ball, Laurence Jackson, Jeff Brice and Alan Innes

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The Guardian and Observer charity telethon 2022: call our writers to donate

Help those struggling with the cost of living by calling writers including Marina Hyde, John Crace and Polly Toynbee with your donation

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Hidden agendas behind destruction of public institutions and the welfare state

Letters: Mary Evans on why Labour should push for reinstating full bursaries for trainee nurses, and David Simpson on the Tories’ ideological goals

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Health expert Jeremy Hunt knew how to fix social care. Why is chancellor Jeremy Hunt not doing so?

As chair of the health select committee he wrote a bold and sensible report. He now seems to have forgotten what was in it, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Who do you believe: the brilliant NHS staff who treated my cancer, or ministers who spin and lie?

A harrowing Guardian report depicts the struggle to deliver care, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Public duty? For these Tory defectors, being an MP is just another career move

The Conservative ship is sinking – and MPs from Matt Hancock to Sajid Javid would rather make more money than face the opposition benches, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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If it’s unions against these infantile ministers, I know who will win

The UK government’s amateur grandstanding will end in a humiliating climbdown, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Prisons are an overflowing, squalid, absurd waste of money. So why do the public want more of them?

We know longer sentences do more harm than good. Let’s focus our resources on threadbare public services instead, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Visit a Citizens Advice and see: the ‘cost of living’ doesn’t capture this emergency

In Norwich I meet people who earn less than they need to survive, and staff who have never seen anything like this, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Call these voter ID laws what they really are: voter suppression and an attack on young people

Older people lean Conservative – no wonder the government wants to keep younger ones away from ballot boxes, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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There are fairer ways to fund social care for all

Letters: Michael Hill, John Harvey and Tim Johnson on the reforms needed to create a social care system that doesn’t fail people when they’re most vulnerable

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People are dying waiting for social care. Wealthy people’s inheritance issues are not a priority

A cap on the amount individuals pay ignores the much greater needs of those who get no care at all, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Just Stop Oil activists are an example to us all

Letters: We all have a part to play in compelling decision-makers to take the climate crisis seriously, writes James Pertwee. Plus letters from Kristian Ravnkilde and Stan Labovitch

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What would a Tory budget that is actually good for the country look like? Here’s an idea

Public investment, tax justice, carbon pricing, uprated benefits – the possibilities are endless, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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To those who sneer at activists blocking roads: what are you doing to save the planet?

Blocking traffic and glueing yourself to buildings gets attention – polite marches do not, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Nurses will be striking for their pay, your health – and the future of the NHS

There is nothing ‘militant’ about demanding less than what you were paid in 2010. The government needs to zip up and stump up, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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