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Before he slashes services even further, Hunt should look at the state of the UK

The last thing the country needs is another dose of austerity, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022

This mini-budget crisis feels like the death of the Conservative party

Liz Truss has reduced the Tories to a failed revolutionary faction staring into a £62bn black hole, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2022

The Tories fear and loathe the NHS, but they know they have gone too far this time

As 7 million people wait for treatment and nurses prepare to strike, the government desperately tries to deflect the blame, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2022

How did Keir Starmer’s speech to the Labour conference go? Our panel’s verdict

The leader’s speech wasn’t short on policy. But will it be enough to revive Labour’s fortunes?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2022

Dozens hear case for British republic at Labour fringe event

Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee said at the event that she would have liked the Queen to be 'Elizabeth the last'

Wales Online · Sep 24, 2022

Dozens hear case for British republic at ‘naughtiest’ Labour fringe event

Guests warned against a future with a ‘white privileged male’ as head of state until the end of the century.

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022

Who’s to blame for 12 years’ desecration of our NHS? Doctors, says Thérèse Coffey

Yet another new health secretary has arrived with all kinds of whizzo ideas, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2022

This week we will see Truss unchained. Labour must be rubbing its hands with glee

With official mourning over, the new prime minister will start to lay out her wilfully unpopular policies, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2022

MPs should have to walk in weary nurses’ shoes

Letters: Drusilla Long praises NHS workers and supports potential strike action by them, and Bill Kingdom suggests empathy training for MPs. Plus Alan Kembery and Chris Osman lament a health service starved of adequate funding

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2022

Dissenting voices on royal mourning have been silenced. This is ‘cancel culture’

Fear of being attacked by a rightwing mob is stifling freedom of expression following the Queen’s death, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2022