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Welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. im karishma vaswani. the headlines: in afghanistan, the taliban announce their new government. none of the cabinet officials are women and their new prime minister is on a un terrorism sanctions list. earlier, the group fired warning shots on the streets of kabul, as hundreds took part in protests condemning the taliban and criticising pakistan. well be live in washington for more. also in the programme: the british prime minister announces one ...

This is bbc news. im ben brown. the headlines at 8pm — borisjohnson announces one of the largest tax rises in decades, saying it will pay for the biggest catch—up programme in nhs history and help fund long—awaited reforms to social care. it would be wrong for me to say that we can pay for this recovery without taking the difficult, but responsible decisions about how we finance it. the proposals have received a broad welcome from the social care sector, but labour say the wrong people are...

Today at six... borisjohnson announces one of the largest tax rises in decades, but says it will pay for the biggest catch—up programme in nhs history. £36 billion over the next three years — most of it goes to the nhs, most of it goes to the nhs in england, help fund long awaited reforms to social care. it would be wrong for me to say that we could pay for this recovery without taking the difficult, but responsible decisions about how we finance it. but labour say the wrong people are bein...

Today at six... borisjohnson announces one of the largest tax rises in decades, but says it will pay for the biggest catch—up programme in nhs history. £36 billion over the next three years — most of it goes to the nhs, most of it goes to the nhs in england, help fund long awaited reforms to social care. it would be wrong for me to say that we could pay for this recovery without taking the difficult, but responsible decisions about how we finance it. but labour say the wrong people are bein...

The boss ofjohn lewis, dame sharon white, made headlines this week, when she said some new recruits have the maths level ofjust a ten or 11—year—old. she says the company is now having to go back to basics and teach people how to add up properly. and shes not alone. the university admissions service ucas says a significant number of employers say that graduates lack the basic skills in numeracy and literacy. another report reckons more than half of the working age adult population in england...

Is under— entire health system at the moment is under almost unprecedented levels of pressure. not from covid—19, particularly, but whether it is the ambulance service, gp practices, order— ambulance service, gp practices, order hospitals, —— or our hospitals there _ order hospitals, —— or our hospitals there is— order hospitals, —— or our hospitals there is pent—up demand which has been _ there is pent—up demand which has been suppressed so pent—up demand seems _ been ...

To focus on education recovery to make sure no child is left behind with their learning, insisting more money is on the way. sir kevan says whats on offer so far does not come close to meeting the scale of the challenge. simon jones, bbc news. werejoined now by our chief political correspondent, adam fleming. we are looking for what response there has been to what has happened. in one moment we have someone lauded for what they are going to bring to the table and now he has gone. what has been t...

At the end of that saying, saying, do know what? did we actually give the best for these children? well, we do the best that we could do with the means we had but the means that we had wasnt enough. but what would 51 be? catching up want to be quick or easy. for schools like this one at the heart of the community, there is a long road to recovery. bbc news in halifax. our chief political correspondent, adam fleming is in westminster. morning to you. this amount is a big sum of money, but it fall...

Issue of the government public spending programme and there will be a comprehensive spending review where all the budget and spending plans of government departments will be agreed with the treasury, usually a fraught process, but one that hasnt started yet and i think the treasury is unwilling to spend huge sums of money on a particular department outside that process and saw that is why we have ended up with something that the teaching unions looks like a paltry sum of money compared to what w...

Hasnt fully got started yet and i think the treasury is unwilling to spend huge sums of money on a particular department outside that process and so that is why we have ended up with something that, to the teaching unions, looks like a paltry sum of money compared to what was initially being talked about which was more than £10 billion on schools in england as part of this catch—up programme. so what youve got today is gavin williamson putting a brave face on it, saying hes doing as much as h...