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Polly Toynbee

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Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist, formerly BBC social affairs editor. Her latest book An Uneasy inheritance, my family and other radicals is out in June

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The International Arts Festival starts THIS weekend! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ™Œ Have you checked out our Spoken Word line up yet? ๐Ÿ‘€ We will be welcoming Polly Toynbee Joanne Harris Sir Malcolm Rifkind Rory Cellan-Jones all in conversation with Matthew Stadlen! ๐ŸŽค ๐Ÿ”— tinyurl.com/SIAF25

The International Arts Festival starts THIS weekend! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ™Œ

Have you checked out our Spoken Word line up yet? ๐Ÿ‘€

We will be welcoming <a href="/pollytoynbee/">Polly Toynbee</a> <a href="/Joannechocolat/">Joanne Harris</a> <a href="/MalcolmRifkind/">Sir Malcolm Rifkind </a> <a href="/ruskin147/">Rory Cellan-Jones</a> all in conversation with <a href="/MatthewStadlen/">Matthew Stadlen</a>! ๐ŸŽค

๐Ÿ”— tinyurl.com/SIAF25
Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP (@jeevunsandher) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Commons Leader Lucy Powell MP's response to Steve Race MP ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’› on Parliamentโ€™s consideration of Kim Leadbeater MBE MP assisted dying bill: โ€œthe process has been incredibly thoroughโ€ โ€œmore time than to most substantial pieces of government legislationโ€

Sarah Wootton (@sarah_wootton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Labour minister Sir Chris Bryant confirms he would vote for the assisted dying bill having previously abstained. He said he had โ€œheard the cries of people who are absolutely miserableโ€ and now supports the legislation. express.co.uk/news/politics/โ€ฆ

Adam Bienkov (@adambienkov) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How the Daily Mail responded to Liz Truss' economy-crashing tax cuts for the wealthiest, vs how they responded to Rachel Reeves spending a few per cent more on hospitals

How the Daily Mail responded to Liz Truss' economy-crashing tax cuts for the wealthiest, vs how they responded to Rachel Reeves spending a few per cent more on hospitals
Full Fact (@fullfact) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A widely shared video claims to show a large number of asylum seekers on a Dover beach. But the footage isnโ€™t from Dover. It appears to have been filmed on a popular beach in Goa, India. buff.ly/dDNWf4h

Dignity in Dying (@dignityindying) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"This is about helping people die in a civilised way and helping their families not go through a horrendous experience of watching a loved one die in agony." A powerful intervention in yesterday's assisted dying debate from Caroline Voaden MP

Richard Murphy (@richardjmurphy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The UK spends as much on tax breaks for the wealthyโ€™s pensions as it does on benefits for people with disabilities. One is handed out automatically. The other is fought for, often for years. If you want to see how rigged our system is, read on. ๐Ÿงต

Polly Toynbee (@pollytoynbee) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm speaking at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.bsky.social on Thursday 14 August for 'Conversations with the Godless' series with Humanists.uk's chief exec Andrew Copson.bsky.social. At @standcomedyclub.bsky.social from 12:15pm. Do join us if you're there! edfringe.com/tickets/what...

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To all who think capitalism can drive progressive change, it wonโ€™t and hereโ€™s the shocking proof: Asset manager Aberdeen Asset UK โ€™s surprise cut to funding research into inequality has left those that used its grants for good works reeling via Polly Toynbee

Sebastian Kraemer (@sebkraemer) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"every yearย ยฃ23bn of benefitsย go unclaimed. Why not use this money? It would benefit the children, their families and the places in which they live" Policy in Practice theguardian.com/society/2025/jโ€ฆ

ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Spot on. And not just the Beeb - Nigel Farage MP gets a very easy ride because he is treated as fellow commentator and fellow mainstream media critic of main parties. Never gets challenged on his Brexit role. Rarely on actual policy. Well said Ed Davey

Polly Toynbee (@pollytoynbee) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Here's the best thing in Labour's first years: today's new figures show the number of children accessing funded early education and childcare rose by 33% in a year to 1.7m,