Workers over 40 would be charged a 2.5% tax on their salary to pay for social care in their old age under a plan being looked at by the Government. Health Secretary Matt Hancock wrote to all MPs and peers last week, finally sparking cross-party […] Newly appointed Chancellor Rishi Sunak is just days from delivering his first budget – and the first budget of the Boris Johnson government. Radical tax reforms and changes to public spending are to be expected, as the PM is buoyed by the new Conservative majority. […] (Reuters) – Two former presidential rivals endorsed Joe Biden on Friday in the latest sign that the Democratic establishment is coalescing around the former vice president to stop the candidacy of Bernie Sanders, who ratcheted up attacks on his rival ahead of crucial contests next […] NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Twenty-one people aboard a cruise ship that was barred from docking in San Francisco have tested positive for coronavirus, U.S. officials said on Friday, as half a dozen states reported their first cases of the fast-spreading respiratory disease. Vice President […] (Reuters) – Officials in Michigan are telling election clerks to repeatedly sanitize voting booths, touchscreen machines, pencils and other equipment ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary, amid concerns about the impact of coronavirus on the 2020 presidential contest. The guidelines to election officials in Michigan follow […] (Reuters) – Bernie Sanders launched a full-throated attack against Joe Biden on Friday, assailing his Democratic presidential rival over his record on trade, abortion, gay rights and Social Security, as the pair faced a slew of crucial nominating contests next week. Sanders, until recently the […] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve and Congress moved swiftly to confront the growing coronavirus threat this week, as the central bank propped up the economy and the House and Senate approved $8.3 billion for vaccine development and other steps to contain the virus. […] Diane Abbott confessed Labour Party members must “face the facts” and examine the causes of their general election defeat to Boris Johnson in December 2019. The Shadow Home Secretary noted the manifesto included too many policies that had been crammed together. The Hackney MP went […] The list of things that can kill you is endless. But how many of them do you sleep with? You can trust a pillow not to smother you in a fury. Your alarm clock is never going to rape you. But for around 8million women […] Today the Mirror devotes six pages to the plight of the millions of children living in poverty in the UK. This special issue marks the 20th anniversary of Labour’s pledge to eradicate child poverty. Much progress was made under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown but […]
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