Monarch urges MSPs to build ‘fairer and greener future’ as she opens parliament ahead of Cop26The Queen has urged Scotland’s MSPs to tackle climate change and “help create a better, healthier future” in a speech ahead of the Cop26 climate conference.Th…
It’s spooky season for the Biden agenda
High drama on Capitol Hill this week as the slim Democratic majority struggles over President Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan. On one side: the $1 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (BIF!), exhaustively hashed out this summer by a cross-part…
Hospitality and tourism bosses plead for VAT rate freeze at 12.5%
Coalition of UK industry bodies warns of ‘painful’ job losses if Treasury returns tax to pre-Covid levels in AprilHospitality and tourism bosses are pleading with the government to permanently lower the VAT rate on businesses in their sectors to help s…
Reform UK tones down culture war rhetoric and targets Tory voters
Richard Tice promises ‘wow factor’ at party conference and criticises Conservatives over high taxesReform UK, the rebranded Brexit party, plans to focus less on culture war issues and instead try to attract disenchanted Conservatives with more weighty …
Make tackling violence against women a police priority, says victims tsar
Vera Baird calls for greater resources and urgency after sentencing of Sarah Everard’s killerPolice forces should be compelled to deal with violence against women and girls with the same level of resources, expertise and urgency as terrorism or organis…
England’s NHS and care services need 1.1m extra staff by 2031, finds study
Health Foundation says government must spend up to £86.4bn more on services to maintain standardsThe NHS and social care services in England will need more than 1.1 million extra staff over the next decade to keep up with growing demand, research sugg…
‘Red wall’ Tories call on Rishi Sunak to cut business rates
MPs elected in former Labour heartlands in 2019 say tax reform is needed to stem high street closuresConservative MPs in “red wall” seats have urged the chancellor to cut business rates, days after Labour announced it would abolish the tax and overhaul…
Home Office, Foreign Office and MoJ worst for openness, finds report
Research into government transparency by leading thinktank shows some departments release far less information than they shouldThe Home Office, the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Justice have been named as the worst-performing government department…
ゲームの「ガチャ」が規制されても、また新たな“ギャンブル”がやってくる
ヴィデオゲームにおける「ガチャ」や「ルートボックス」のようなギャンブルの要素がある仕掛けを規制する動きが、世界的に加速している。英国ではルートボックスを「ギャンブル」として規制する法案が提出されたが、政府や当局の動きが遅いなか、仮に規制が実現しても別の仕掛けが登場するいたちごっこになる可能性が高い。
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Stephanie Grisham book sheds light on Trump’s bizarre brushes with world leaders
Memoir reveals Trump once discussed strength of kangaroos in meeting with UK PM – one of the few European leaders he likedBoris Johnson once devoted a considerable part of a meeting with Donald Trump to discussing how strong kangaroos are, as the Briti…