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The Tory press can publish all the tax avoidance guides they like - the rich won’t flee a Labour government

The scare-mongering will come to nothing. Britain’s super-wealthy know that moving abroad would be bad for business, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Tory press can publish all the tax avoidance guides they like – the rich won’t flee a Labour government

The scare-mongering will come to nothing. Britain’s super-wealthy know that moving abroad would be bad for business, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The voters of Wellingborough and Kingswood said one thing with one voice: the Tory era is over

Both byelections showed people want change. They should also embolden Labour to be braver, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Britain’s party leaders should heed overseas voters’ concerns

Letters: Readers react to an article by Polly Toynbee on expatriate citizens being given votes for life

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We’ve heard lots about what Labour won’t do, but here’s something they should: close the Tories’ tax loopholes

Rachel Reeves has ruled out a wealth tax, but she’ll need to raise revenue somehow – and there are still good options available, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Starmer’s £28bn green plan was bungled but Labour still has bold hopes for the country – and the planet

Even if pared back, the party still has the only real growth policy in town, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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First photo ID, now votes for expats: the Tories are showing us exactly what election rigging looks like

The government is deterring young and poor people from voting – but no amount of gerrymandering will save its bacon, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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It’s time for Labour to kick back against the Tory attacks. This is where it should start

Why is £28bn of green spending endlessly scrutinised while the Conservatives get a free pass on their new round of painful austerity, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Wales has been brave enough to completely rethink the hated council tax. Take note, England

The Senedd’s plan to shift the burden of this levy away from those on lower incomes shows how real levelling up can work, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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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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