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Education will be poorer if religion is banned from schools

Letters: Readers respond to Polly Toynbee’s article about the prayer row at Michaela community school in London

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Banning prayer rituals in school? Just get religion out of education completely

Many who praise a headteacher for preventing Muslim prayers are oddly sanguine about the number of faith schools in Britain, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The prognosis for general practice is bleak

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Polly Toynbee about the impossible position GPs are in

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Sunak is praying for the Lords to block the Rwanda bill – so he can blame the left

If that plane full of asylum seekers actually takes off, it is no longer the great distraction his government needs it to be, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Ben Shankland is a GP, but the rightwing press would tell you he’s an enemy of the people. Don’t listen

As the Tories slash primary-care funding, our doctors are doing their best in terrible circumstances. We must resist the idea that they’re to blame, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Britain is a poorer, sicker place. No wonder disability claims have trebled in a decade

Rishi Sunak denies it: but the government’s own figures tell us how the country’s health has been afflicted by austerity, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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As Sunak gets busy sinking the Tory ship, Labour must continue to steer a steady course

Promising more cuts may appeal to Tory loyalists, but who else would vote for them now, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The six things Keir Starmer can do to restore our faith in politics – fast

With trust in British politics at rock bottom, Labour will need to kick off the new year by moving fast and mending things, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Royal Mail has been heading for collapse for years. Now it can’t even deliver my Christmas present

It’s too late to reverse this disastrous privatisation, but regulators can be made to enforce its contracts to the letter, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Renters left at mercy of brutal ‘no-fault’ eviction policy

Letters: Iain Ramsay on the insidious growth of the overindebtedness industry, which preys on undefended debt claims in court. Plus letters from Christopher Dalton and Mim Umney-Gray

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The damage done to children goes beyond Ofsted’s effect on schools

Letters: Alasdair Macdonald on education policies that Labour could introduce at virtually no cost, and Alison Walton and Nick Frost on the Ofsted regime’s harmful impact on children’s social services

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Starmer’s £28bn green pledge is a vote winner. Labour must ignore Tory attacks and keep the faith

Strategists are getting nervous, but energy efficiency and kickstarting growth are important to voters, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Guardian and Observer charity telethon 2023: call our writers and donate

Marina Hyde, John Crace and Polly Toynbee are among those ready to take your calls in support of refugees

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I spent a day in a court where ‘no-fault’ evictions reach 10 an hour. Whose fault is this, Rishi Sunak?

Promises to protect tenants in England have been broken, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Ruth Perry tragedy must mark the end of Ofsted’s reign of fear

The bullying of schools stifles recruitment and condemns children to pressure-cooker learning, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Of course the Tories will do anything to stop migrants. You know the ones: students, carers, nurses …

Immigration is not a top priority for voters, yet the government tears itself and the UK apart trying to deter crucial workers, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Schools are still reeling from Michael Gove’s arrogant meddling

Letters: The fragmentation of the education system into multi-academy trusts has created waste and a lack of accountability, writes Prof Ron Glatter. Plus letters from Penny Perrett, John Martin and Andrew Keeley

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Free childcare for 30 hours a week? It sounds too good to be true – and for worse-off families, it is

Early-years education can determine a child’s future – which is why a Labour government must make it a priority, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Where do we find the £100bn needed to fix Britain? Margaret Hodge has the answer

In the Commons, she ripped into the Tories’ economic mismanagement – and pointed a way forward for Labour, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Too many pupils miss lessons, says Ofsted, and that’s right. Call it the Michael Gove effect

Children are being set up to fail, as teachers quit and school buildings crumble. Gove set the tone – blame him for this rot, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Jeremy Hunt will say the NHS is treating fewer patients with more money. Whose fault is that, chancellor?

The autumn statement will be another chance for the Tories to offload blame, as if 13 years of failure and cuts hadn’t happened, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Cameron is no moderating influence. The Tories’ autumn statement will prove that

Sunak has not had some Damascene conversion back to a mythical centre ground, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Suella Braverman is sunk, and so are the Tories: a party of nihilists, led by a loser

The former home secretary is a dangerous loudmouth, but she speaks for a party that has been marching rightwards for years, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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With bursting jails and Europe’s longest sentences, the last thing the UK needs is more rightwing ‘reforms’

The justice select committee’s plea for public engagement on prisons policy is poignant – and probably likely to go unheard, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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To pay for pensions and care, tax those who are really rich, not older homeowners

Letter: Rowan Adams responds to Polly Toynbee’s suggestion that ‘the money is right there for the taking, in wealthy pensioners’ assets’

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