Polly Toynbee
Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist. Her books include Dismembered: How the attack on the state harms us all, co-authored with David Walker.
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Keir Starmer should revitalise Sure Start, focus on children’s happiness – and give a crucial boost to further education, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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Slashing benefits will push even more people into poverty. Neither Labour nor Conservative voters want it, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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The Commons needed to focus on the horror in Gaza. Instead this was a grubby game of political chess
The talk today is whether Lindsay Hoyle will survive. That is so wrong, as is the fact that MPs’ safety fears now cloud our politics, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee -
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 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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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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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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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
The Tories’ poisonous anti-culture politics has crushed the arts. Bring on election night