Posted by The Guardian | Sep 8, 2021 | Health, NHS, Politics, Social care, Society, Tax and spending, The Guardian, UK news |
Care sector leaders become increasingly concerned about limited resources set out in proposalsBoris Johnson has won the backing of MPs for his controversial health and social care plan, amid a growing backlash from experts and...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Sep 8, 2021 | Afghanistan, Antony Blinken, Ashraf Ghani, Human rights, Islam, Protest, South and Central Asia, Taliban, The Guardian, Women, World News |
Rallies in Afghanistan have already been broken up violently, now ‘severe consequences’ are threatened for demonstratorsThe Taliban has moved to tighten its crackdown on escalating protests against its rule, banning...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Sep 8, 2021 | Boris Johnson, National insurance, Politics, Social care, Tax and spending, The Guardian, UK news |
MPs back government plan to increase tax to pay for NHS and social care by by 319 votes to 248Plans to hike national insurance contributions (NICs) to fund £12bn for the NHS and social care have been passed by the Commons,...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Sep 8, 2021 | Awards and prizes, Bernardine Evaristo, Books, Culture, Fantasy books, Fiction, Susanna Clarke, The Guardian, The Women’s Prize for Fiction, UK news |
Clarke’s follow-up to Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell was praised by judges as ‘a truly original, unexpected flight of fancy’Comment: Piranesi is a triumphantly unusual winnerSusanna Clarke, who published her...
Read MorePosted by The Guardian | Sep 8, 2021 | Emma Raducanu, Sport, Tennis, The Guardian, US Open tennis, US Open Tennis 2021, US sports |
18-year-old beats Olympic champion Belinda Bencic 6-3, 6-4Raducanu fourth qualifier in history to reach a slam semiFor all that Emma Raducanu has achieved and how far she has come over only a few fleeting weeks as a full-time...
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