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We need a fundamental reset of who this economy serves, says Cassie Groos Yes, the budget’s gestures are welcome (Rachel Reeves targets UK’s wealthiest in £26bn tax-raising budget, 26 November). Abolishing the two-child cap is the right call, but it is solving a failure that should not exist. No advanced economy should have child poverty baked so deeply into its design. Freezing train fares, taxing wealth a little harder – fine. Good. Necessary. But still just sticking plasters on wounds that have been haemorrhaging for years. And once again, it is the middle classes footing the bill while the…

State department has told employees and grant recipients to not publicly promote or make event on 1 December For the first time since 1988, the US government will no longer commemorate World Aids Day, according to reports. The state department has directed its employees and grant recipients not to use US government funds to mark the event – which falls annually on 1 December – and not to promote the day publicly. The news was first reported by the journalist Emily Bass and confirmed in an email viewed by the New York Times. Continue reading… Source link

It’s important to express your disagreement: for their sake as much as yours, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. But first decide on what you aim to accomplish Read more Leading questions How do I respond to someone who contributes to a conversation with “I’m not racist, but … ” and then inevitably proceeds to say something racist, such as talking about immigrants on benefits or getting priority for housing? I’m referring to social occasions with people that I am not necessarily close to but rather acquaintances I may bump into semi-regularly. I feel myself getting simultaneously angry and tongue-tied…