Author: Polly Toynbee

Labour's second term is drawing to a close. What have they really achieved in the last four years? Did Iraq overshadow all? Did public services imp...

'A passionately reasoned and compelling account of the avoidable cruelties still embedded in the underside of British life - by a writer who has li...

'The kind of brilliantly written polemic that Toynbee's many fans have come to know and love...a terrific book' Stephen Bush, Financial TimesLabour...

'Fascinating' Spectator'Entertaining' Sunday Times'Enthralling' Guardian'Beautiful, funny and moving' Daily Mail'Compelling and moving' Observer'Re...

The ten years from 2010 have been devastating. A decade of austerity and paralysis nurtured contempt for leaders, institutions and fellow citizens ...

What is the state? And what's it ever done for you?More than you think.The state houses us, educates us, employs us, protects us on the street and ...