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Monday briefing: What’s next for no-drama Starmer as his ‘political challenges’ pile up?

In today’s newsletter: Our senior political correspondent talks about how the coming days and weeks may unfold for the Labour government, and how Keir Starmer ended up the most unpopular prime minister in memory

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As Starmer eyes the exit, here’s a vital lesson for Andy Burnham: first impressions are everything

If the Makerfield MP is to be our next PM, he needs some immediate and memorable cost of living policies to avoid his predecessor’s fate, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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All of a sudden Labour is rushing to do some good. Call it the ‘Burnham effect’

The end of outsourcing government jobs is just one progressive idea set in motion in this pivotal byelection week, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The politics of intergenerational wealth inequality

Letters: Dr Rajiv Prabhakar assesses the best age at which grants should be provided to young people, while Jeremy Galtress argues against redistribution

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The right wants money for defence. It should start with MoD wastefulness – or even the pensioner triple lock

There is nothing left to be squeezed from disabled people or families, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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‘He outlived four of his doctors’: David Hockney’s lifelong love of smoking – and the 2,000 cigarettes he kept at home ‘for emergencies’

His passion got him into scraps with the Paris Metro and numerous other bodies. Was it a social crutch? A Freudian response to his father? And why did he take such delight in writing to the Guardian about it all?

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Left, right and centre – I see all strands of the Labour tribe pulling together in Makerfield. This is bigger than Burnham

Everyone here knows this is a sliding doors moment. A win could be a new beginning for the party, a loss an unimaginable calamity, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Labour has to reassess what it is for, and that is no bad thing

Letters: Responding to an article by Polly Toynbee, Patrick Diamond says the party must have courage to think anew. Plus letters from Tom Kelly and Michael Orton

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Young people need money because our system is rigged. Here’s a way to give it to them

One plan would see young workers offered early access to a slice of future pensions. It’s not perfect, but we need bold ideas, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The right’s culture war over prostate cancer screening is damaging trust in medicine

The decision not to test all men and only screen the most at risk, including black men, is fact-based. Yet it’s been called ‘two tier’ – and labelled as misandry, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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$British politics is fractured and chaotic – but at last it’s brimming with ideas for the future$

British politics is fractured and chaotic – but at last it’s brimming with ideas for the future

Finally, Labour is talking policy, thanks to the leadership contest and Tony Blair’s intervention – and the centre-right is making a much-needed fightback too, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Alan Milburn is right, a young generation has been betrayed. Forget Tony Blair: we must attend to this

The new and excoriating account of the dire prospects for UK young people is a call to action. It could be the Beveridge report for our time, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Here is Andy Burnham’s route to save Labour: a new manifesto, a new election and electoral reform

Proportional representation can rescue Britain’s warped politics. It could stop Nigel Farage arriving at No 10 with less than 30% of the vote, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Let’s not deny the good work Labour has done. But Starmer is too timid for the radical remedies needed now

Rejoining the EU, massive tax reform, scrapping the pension triple lock – a new leader must summon a sense of emergency and deal with the big issues, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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There should be one thing on Starmer’s mind: not keeping his job, but keeping out Reform

His speech today was OK, but nowhere near enough. Now the risk is that the longer he stays in No 10, the harder it will be to stop Britain’s Trump, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Whoever wins today’s elections, democracy is the loser under first past the post

This outdated system is destroying trust in politics. It’s time for Labour to follow Wales and Scotland’s example and introduce PR in the UK, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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UK Biobank has my data, but I’m not worried. I know the benefits are too great to consider pulling out

Longitudinal studies are a research jewel, shedding light on motor neurone disease, cot deaths, Alzheimer’s and more. Don’t let the security breach in China put you off joining one, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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What does Britain need from Labour? Not another new PM, but a government with the guts to take radical action

There’s no point searching for a saviour without a genuine change in direction. Real courage is necessary – because Labour still has time to fix what is broken, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Labour’s great green energy plan could be a legacy as vital as the NHS

Ed Miliband has a rare chance to do for the climate what Nye Bevan did for health: create something future generations will be proud of, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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A question for those desperate to cut benefits to fund defence: who exactly are you willing to impoverish?

George Robertson has joined Reform and the Tories in making the case. Look welfare recipients in the face and say that, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Strike is harming the NHS and dividing doctors

Letters: Dr Helen Holt and Dr Peter Davis respond to an article by Polly Toynbee on the latest round of strikes by resident doctors

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Does Viktor Orbán’s defeat signal a wider backlash against ‘the forces of darkness’?

Péter Magyar’s stunning victory in Hungary is a boost for liberal democracy. But don’t bank on similar upsets in upcoming European elections

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Viktor Orbán inspired rightwingers across the EU and in Britain. His defeat could represent a turning of the tide

We must hope this vote will be the start of a wider backlash – and send hard-right populism back to the fringes where it belongs, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Both doctors and the government are handling this strike badly – that’s why there is no end in sight

With the BMA making ‘impossible’ demands and Labour responding with Trumpian threats, negotiations are stuck – and it’s the NHS that will suffer, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Opaque party funding affects all of British politics

Letters: Readers respond to an article about Labour’s attempt to clean up donations to political parties

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