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Exhausted, but still cruel, the Tories continue to detach themselves from ordinary voters

Jeremy Hunt may freeze benefits yet again. Is tightening that screw a vote winner? No longer, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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A reason to be hopeful: in Poland they’ve kicked out the rightwing populists. Britain can too

Demography played a role, as did education and the voting system. All provide key lessons for Keir Starmer’s Labour, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Half a million of us want to donate our data to British science, but it’s languishing unused because of privacy fears

Data supplied to UK Biobank UK is not for sale, it’s not for trivial or suspect use, it’s for the good of humankind, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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I went to Labour conference in search of its plans for radical reform – what I found gave me hope

Labour’s frontbench is promising to tackle child poverty and to make work pay, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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To all the doubters who still think Labour too tame: read its policies – and finally believe

From clean energy to affordable housing, Rachel Reeves says she has a plan to pay for it all, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Rishi Sunak knows the end is nigh, but has no clue how to build a decent legacy. He should ask me

It may be too late for his party. But from council tax reform to social care, there’s still time for the PM to rescue his reputation, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Tories are running scared, but we should all fear what they may become

The prospect of defeat has liberated the party to lurch further to the right, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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We have all felt powerless as poverty mounts in Tory Britain. Here is a practical way to hold back the tide

Help with bills via a social tariff would hark back to the success of the Covid universal credit uplift, writes Polly Toynbee

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The Tories have warped an already crooked electoral system, pushing millions of voters off the roll

British people have become disillusioned with democracy, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Sunak’s anti-green stance exposes his reckless dishonesty. His fate is what matters, the planet can go hang

He claimed to represent change, but his net zero speech shows the PM is as disreputable as his predecessors, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Lib Dems are struggling when they should be flying: should they leap in where Labour fears to tread?

The party needs a radical approach if it wants to be seen as any more than a tactical vote to get rid of the Tories, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Lucy Letby case is the latest stick to beat NHS management with. Here’s what the critics overlook

Hospital chiefs may be an easy target but the job – especially after years of austerity – is fiendishly difficult, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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When is a vandal not a vandal? When they’re attacking Ulez cameras, say desperate Tory MPs

Investigating protest and criminal damage is apparently now a waste of police time. Funny that Conservatives didn’t say that about Just Stop Oil protests, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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A letter has laid bare the scale of poverty in Britain – but will Rishi Sunak be moved?

Life’s essentials cost £120 a week, far above what benefits provide, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Labour is parading its true leftwing credentials in the byelection fight against the SNP

In the battle for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, Keir Starmer has said that the party will smash the ‘class ceiling’, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Faced with evil like Lucy Letby’s, we yearn for a rational explanation. Sometimes there is none

It is right to hold an inquiry, but the hunt for ‘lessons to be learned’ and a system to blame can easily go too far, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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After Brexit, desperate Tories needed a new crusade. They think dumping ‘human rights’ could be it

Rightwingers hope a nasty debate about the European convention on human rights will revive nativist passions, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Left in limbo by Brexit safety mark chaos

Letters: Uncertainty over Britain’s post-Brexit version of the CE mark has hampered the development of medical devices, says Roger Bayston. Plus a letter from Ian White

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Here’s what we know about Sunak now: where the anti-green extremists lead, he will follow

He should stand firm against the headbangers in his party, but he won’t. They speak, he listens, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Business is haunted by Brexit – and this safety mark fiasco is its latest nightmare

Money, time, effort all wasted: you can wrap the new red tape three times around the world, one manufacturing boss told me, writes Polly Toynbee

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We can see what happens when political posturing replaces public health: people die prematurely

Talk to those paid to protect us, and you hear the frustration of experts cynically denied resources they need by Westminster, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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We must bridge the gap between local councils and the Whitehall elite

Letters: Following Polly Toynbee’s appreciation of Bob Kerslake, Jane Roberts and David Griffiths describe the gulf between local and central government

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We laid Bob Kerslake to rest this week. Think of him – and give the civil service the respect it deserves

Whitehall is not perfect, but neither is it the Blob demonised by the right, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Tories have laid a ‘cut the green crap’ trap for Keir Starmer. He must not fall for it

Labour’s path to victory lies in sticking to its guns. Any allies who argue for a green retreat should be shown the door, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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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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