Talks involving up to 20 nations come as militants ignore calls to form inclusive government in AfghanistanThe US is convening an expanded group of western nations to set a framework for cooperation with the new Taliban government, amid fears that isol…
Tory MPs call it reform, but the elections bill looks more like a heist
Alongside mandating voter ID, the government plans to keep the Electoral Commission – which oversees elections – in checkWhen judging a law that rewrites the rules of democracy, the test is not whether it does what the current government promises, but …
20年間で難民590万人。長く悲惨な戦争を行ったアメリカは、100万人のアフガン難民を受け入れるべきだ
この20年間で600万人の人が家を失ったアフガニスタン。この戦争で国を破壊された人々のことを考えれば、アメリカがすべき最低限のことは、100万人のアフガニスタン難民を受け入れることではないでしょうか。
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Boris Johnson squeezes working people in national insurance hike
The PM repeats his line ‘But a global pandemic wasn’t in our manifesto, either’ as he announces tax risesThe prime minister, once again, had to level with us. Flanked by his chancellor and health secretary, he kicked off with some truth bombs. NHS wait…
Boris Johnson stakes reputation on £12bn fix for health and social care
MPs likely to pass PM’s healthcare levy on Wednesday, pushing tax burden to record peacetime level MPs are set to usher in a historic £12bn healthcare levy on Wednesday, pushing the tax burden to a record peacetime level as Boris Johnson stakes his pol…
Tory MPs urge Priti Patel to return migrants who attempt to enter UK illegally
Suggestion to home secretary condemned as breach of UN convention on human rightsConservative MPs have urged the home secretary, Priti Patel, to send back immediately anyone including children who boards an illegal crossing of the Channel from France.T…
The Guardian view on social care: a big deal with holes in it | Editorial
The boost to health and care spending is needed, but troubling details, and unfairness, remainIn 2019, in his first speech as prime minister, Boris Johnson promised to fix the crisis in social care “once and for all”. Two years later, a plan has arrive…
What has Boris Johnson announced in his social care plan?
The PM has revealed the first outlines of a shake-up also intended to help the NHS recover from CovidPolitics live: Boris Johnson confirms rise in national insuranceBoris Johnson has given the first outlines of what Downing Street is billing as a once-…
More money for the NHS is overdue, but there’s not nearly enough to fix social care | Andy Cowper
Boris Johnson promised to solve the crisis. But the government’s meagre funding won’t deliver the change that is neededAndy Cowper writes a weekly column for Health Policy InsightBoris Johnson today announced the government’s new plan for social care. …