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Frances Ryan

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Guardian columnist and journalist. Commentator of the Year 2024. Author of Who Wants Normal? and Crippled. E: frances.ryan.freelance@guardian.co.uk
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The old ‘warfare v welfare’ arguments are back – but it’s Britain’s real duty to spend on both

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Keir Starmer looks at a drone that is fired from a Vanta system as he visits defence contractor Stark in Swindon, 5 June 2026. Photograph: Alastair Grant/AFP/Getty Images As the row over the military budget grows, Keir Starmer has spent much of the past few days insisting he’s spending huge sums of taxpayer money on defence.
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Disabled people with lifelong conditions facing ‘unnecessary’ Pip reassessments

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Disabled people with lifelong conditions are repeatedly being put through "pointless" benefit reassessments, contrary to official guidance, new analysis suggests. A study by the anti-poverty charity Z2K has found that hundreds of thousands of disabled people are going through "unnecessary" personal independence payment (Pip) reviews, "wasting" public money and "significantly harming" the mental and physical health of claimants.
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Air conditioning: the wealthy and well can afford it, but disabled people who need it most can’t

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A girl cools herself in front of a fan. The UK experienced record-high temperatures for May this week. Photograph: Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images I used to love a heatwave. I was the sort of British person who acted like I was in the Mediterranean if the sun was slightly visible, coercing friends to take the outside restaurant table and eagerly working in the garden until my MacBook started to overheat rather than my internal organs.
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