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‘Labour should welcome the thrust of the levelling up agenda but play on Keir’s biggest strength: that unlike Johnson, he is seen as competent, capable, and professional’.
‘The Resolution Foundation put it succinctly, ‘On taxes, by 2027 average households will be paying £3,000 more in taxes than when Boris Johnson became Prime Minister.’
69% of those asked believe there should be criminal proceedings against company directors who fail to tackle harmful, but not illegal, content on their platforms.
‘Scientists are clear that the next pandemic is coming’.
‘Yes, you heard that right – @RishiSunak is making flights cheaper. Good thing there’s no #ClimateEmergency.’
The news you didn’t see this week…
The poll found that 51% of UK adults think that the COP26 summit will not make a positive difference to climate change
‘In Britain we tax income rather than wealth. This no longer makes sense in our day and age, if it ever did’.
‘There has been a significant widening of longstanding gaps that result in lower outcomes for Black students in comparison with White students.’
“It’s a good news story that low paid workers will see a decent pay increase, but it’s quite a separate question to a universal credit cut and in no way should be seen as a compensation for it”
