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The Tories have decimated children’s futures. Now, they want more nursery cuts

Years of brutalism have stunted early years care. After this latest plan to cut more staff, many children may never catch up, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Labour daren’t say it, but some Tory strongholds could be within reach

Go door-knocking in true blue Worthing, and the talk is of Johnson’s lies and cost of living. Labour couldn’t, could they, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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BBC set to pull the plug on Dateline London after 25 years of news debate show

One of the corporation’s longest running and most internationally respected news programmes is to be ditched at the end of the summer

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People are struggling to pay their energy bills – here’s a simple idea that could help

With 40% of us likely to fall into fuel poverty as price rises hit, what if those with the broadest shoulders took the load, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Labour can win with clear, credible and cohesive policies

Letters: The party must clarify its position on Brexit, writes Derek Robinson, while Toby Wood says it must shake off the ghost of the Corbyn experiment. Plus Harold Mozley, Roger Woodhouse and Alan Bailey on fitting Labour slogans

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They broke the law and are disgraced. Whatever they do now, shame will cling to Johnson and Sunak

They will be forever followed by tales of people who abided by the Covid rules and died alone – while Downing Street partied, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Labour has shelves of winning policies. Now the party must get people to listen

As Johnson’s cabinet flounders, Starmer’s team has some brilliant ideas to improve this country. But voters also want a clear vision, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Tories have created the NHS crisis – and they should own it

Not content with trying to blame NHS staff for failings, Sajid Javid is now setting targets that are simply impossible without proper funding, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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How families in Britain have been left hungry and in crisis

Letters: Peter Riddle highlights the struggles in his local community, and Prof Rebecca Earle says today’s inequalities hark back to the early 19th century. Plus letters from Christine Kearns, Alan Fairs and Adam Osborne

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The Boer war offers Boris Johnson a lesson in freedom

Brief letters: War in Ukraine | Premier League colours | Praise for Polly Toynbee | Gambling addiction | Picking up Covid

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I’ve covered countless Tory mini-budgets. The cruelty of this one shocked even me

How naive I was to think that Rishi Sunak would protect the poorest from the heaviest blows of the cost of living crisis, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Spend a day with me in the eviction court, Mr Sunak, and you’ll understand the ‘cost of living’

If the chancellor raised benefits in line with inflation, it would help those tenants for whom rising bills are the last straw, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Taxing questions for wealthy pensioners

Letters: Millions of people already pay tax on their pensions, says Ian Fraser, but Janet Dobson says it’s in pensioners’ own interest to pay a bit more if they can afford it

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Pensioner poverty is at a new high – so why are older people still voting Tory?

To solve this crisis, we need to share some of the unearned wealth of richer pensioners with those who need it most, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Tories railed against ‘green crap’. Why trust them to solve the energy crisis now?

Since David Cameron’s 2013 U-turn, wind and solar power have been sidelined. Do you believe Boris Johnson will do better, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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As we do everything we can to support Ukraine, Britain has the chance to be a better country

From the questioning of fossil fuels to greater support for refugees, the shock of this terrible war has already made us more human, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Fathers are condemning their children to poverty. Why do ministers let them get away with it?

The child maintenance system is still heavily biased against women – and our system for addressing that is a shambles, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Tories’ Whitehall farce has left Britain running on empty

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s ideological war on the civil service makes no sense, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Look at the fall of a brilliant Labour leader – and see why so many shun public service

Throughout the harshest years of austerity, Nick Forbes kept Newcastle going with ingenious measures. We need more like him, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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How to save our precious public services? A windfall tax on those who got rich from Covid

Rowan Williams is right. A one-off charge on the 1% who boosted their incomes during the pandemic is urgently needed, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Real constitutional reform goes beyond abolishing the monarchy

Letters: To really empower ordinary people, we must overhaul a political system no longer fit for purpose, writes Hugh Legge. Plus letters from Nigel Florence, Christopher Tanner and Andrew Dean

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Clearly Britain loses more than it gains from the monarchy. Let us be brave and end it

The royal jubilee would be a cheerful end to a state of affairs that cannot be allowed to continue, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Time to clean up politics and end dirty donations

Letters: Readers respond to Polly Toynbee’s article on the stink surrounding Tory fundraising

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Without state funding, Britain’s politics will always stink

A colossal amount of power is wielded by dangerously few donors, with just 10 people donating a quarter of Tory funds, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Will easy, early abortions become another casualty of the Tories’ culture war?

Doctors say a return to pre-Covid rules, where women had to get a clinic appointment, will leave many waiting too long, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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