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For over seven months, Tory ideologues put Britain through the wringer. We pay a high price for cheap politics, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The illegal immigration bill has generated endless controversy on its way to becoming law. The bill, which effectively bans asylum seeking in the UK, has faced heavy criticism for its treatment of children, its approach to modern slavery victims and other provisions that are likely to breach international law.

The Government has announced significant pay increases for public sector workers of around 6% or more

The new pay recommendations will ‘allow teachers and school leaders to call off strike action and resume normal relations with government,’ teachers unions have said