to progress outstanding legislation following paul givan s resignation as first minister. mr givan stepped down in protest at the northern ireland protocol a post brexit agreement which places a trade border between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. improving cancer care will be a huge challenge that s the warning coming from charities as ministers promise a new 10 year strategy for england. figures suggest there have been 311,000 fewer diagnoses since covid hit 50,000 if you include the whole uk. the government is promising to invest in new technologies and equipment to spot cancer quicker. mps are warning that a new motoring tax is needed to plug the revenue gap as drivers switch to electric vehicles, which are currently not taxed. the transport select committee says the uk faces a £35 billion hole in its finances, and that money from existing tax sources could end by 2040. the committee suggests charging people based on how much driving they do.
within 2a hours. injoint talks in beijing, russia and china strongly criticise what they describe as a negative us influence in both europe and asia. cheering. the two leaders met as excitements builds in the chinese capital ahead of the winter olympics opening ceremony which is just hours away. in the uk, mps are warning that a new motoring tax is needed to plug the revenue gap as drivers switch to electric vehicles, which are currently not taxed. the transport select committee says the uk faces a £35 billion hole in its finances, and that money from existing tax sources could end by 2040. the committee suggests charging people based on how much driving they do. all of this has to be tackled with urgency because from 2030 we will be buying electric vehicles that currently do not have any tax levied on them. g’s currently do not have any tax levied on them. , ., ., ., ~ on them. 496 of the entire tax take for the chancellor on them. 496 of the entire tax take for the chancellor
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don t think you will just automatically get the revenue gap made up by economic growth, they are really banking on selling that as opposed to as david was saying, trying to convince republicans and democrats in congress that they may need to have cuts to offset. a what has a better chance of getting passed in short term? tax cuts he will be proposing? maybe as early as wednesday or repeal and replace of obama care? this week? not this week. we are talking about the next several weeks or months. depends on the details, franksly. health care bill they are talking about is not as different, not very different at all from what failed to pass a couple weeks ago. they need to start from scratch on that or make bigger changes than they are to get pa passed. no one really moved at this point on health care. so maybe tax reform. tax reform has beater chance. about but that is complicated
what is the future of amateur athletics, college athletics, with these increasingly large pies that schools can get for football and basketball and athletes not seeing a cut of it. first of all, student-athlete is an absolute indecent term. they re not students at the all in many cases. and it is so unfair that they are not paid. i m surprised the colleges have not said we ll give them a stipend. because i think the quarterback for alabama or whatever is worth $1 million a year. i don t think they should get a little pocket change. think they should get paid the way other athletes do. but public versus private institutions, you get a revenue