Close friend understood to have stayed over at peak of lockdown but No 10 says no Covid rules breachedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA close friend of Boris and Carrie Johnson did stay with the couple during the peak of the…
After David Amess’s horrific death, here’s how to protect our democracy | Brendan Cox
It is incumbent on all of us to reject polarisation, show decency and tolerance, and debate our opponents in good faithBrendan Cox is co-founder of Survivors Against Terror, and the widower of Jo Cox MPAfter the horrific and senseless killing of David …
Youth homelessness has risen 40% in five years, says UK charity
Centrepoint estimates 121,000 homeless or at risk, with analysis showing black people disproportionally affectedYouth homeless in the UK has increased by an estimated two-fifths in five years, rising to more than 120,000, a leading charity director has…
Want to know what a just transition to a green economy looks like? Ask the workers | Anna Markova
People don’t need catchprases: they need resources and empowerment so they can secure good green jobsAnna Markova is the Trades Union Congress’s co-lead on climate and industrial policyIf you really want to know what a just transition looks like, don’t…
UK public warms to road pricing as fuel duty replacement considered
Almost four in 10 back road pricing to replace fuel duty and other taxes as people switch to electric carsRoad pricing is seen as a fairer possible system to raise revenue than fuel duty and motoring taxes, thinktank research has found.The switch to el…
“Hacker X”—the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire—unmasks himself
He was hired to build a fake news op but now wants to put things right.
【衆院解散・総選挙へ】岸田首相の“目玉政策”はどこへ…自民党の衆院選公約に｢令和版所得倍増｣｢住居費・教育費支援｣記されず
岸田首相が自民党総裁選で掲げていた政策のうち「令和版所得倍増」「住居費・教育費支援」などが自民党の衆院選公約の政策パンフレットには記されていなかった。岸田カラーが薄まった背景とは…。
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世界を襲う電力不足…日本も無風ではいられない「不都合な真実」
いま、世界では電力が需要に対して追いつかない状況が発生しています。背景の一因は、皮肉なことに「脱炭素」の動きです。エネルギー価格の上昇は、日本も無縁ではいられない…との懸念があります。
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「2割がどうしても職場に戻ってこない」アメリカ労働現場の深刻度。ワクチン拒否、感染恐怖の問題は根深く…
ワクチン接種の進捗で経済活動が再生し、求人数も高い水準が続いているとされるアメリカで、雇用者数の回復が足踏み状態だそうです。労働の現場で何が起きているのでしょうか。
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people with little power or authority at work or when acting as citizens
I want a prominent media home that reflects our size and heterogeneity. I want stories about wealth as opposed to income inequality and its effect on intergenerational and social mobility. I want stories that aren’t just about our problems, but that ar…