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Welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm 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. we'll be live in washington for more. also in the programme: the british prime minister announces one of the largest tax rises in decades, saying it will pay for a large catch—up programme in the na...

This is bbc news. i'm 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 being asked to pay the bill. a tax rise, mr speaker, that means a landlord renting out dozens of p...

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 being asked to pay the bill. a tax rise, mr speaker, which means a landlord renting out dozens of proper...

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 being asked to pay the bill. a tax rise, mr speaker, which means a landlord renting out dozens of proper...

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 she's 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 has a numeracy level of a primary school child. the pandemic means a lot of students have missed o...