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This dying government is happy to see universities in crisis, the economy damaged and soft power lost, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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

Sir Keir Starmer is becoming a lucky general. Whenever the Conservative gloom briefly lifts and Rishi Sunak readies himself to bask in a rare ray of good news it is almost instantly eclipsed by yet more problems.

Even leavers might be changing their minds, but there’s little incentive for opposition to revisit issue, say analysts

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Reform UK resurgence and a Labour swing could threaten Iain Duncan Smith, Dominic Raab and Theresa Villiers