for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i m martine croxall. this week our discussion is all about money. here in the uk the government has announced the biggest set of tax rises since the second world war. the imf, the world bank and in fact banks everywhere are trying to decide whether they will release afghanistan s frozen assets and thereby try to avoid humanitarian disaster. our guests this week. the guardian columnist polly toynbee, mina al oraibi, the editor in chief of the gulf based the national newspaper, and still suitably distanced, here in the studio with me is the bbc s business editor simonjack. welcome to you all. so to begin with, boris johnson s government has announced the largest tax increases in the uk for decades to try to fix the nhs and the social care sector. some say that the £36 billion it will raise over three years won t solve the crisis. other critics say that the tax rises are unfairly distributed. let s begin this conversati
to avoid humanitarian disaster. our guests this week. the guardian columnist polly toynbee, mina al oraibi, the editor in chief of the gulf based the national newspaper, and still suitably distanced, here in the studio with me is the bbc s business editor simonjack. welcome to you all. so to begin with, boris johnson s government has announced the largest tax increases in the uk for decades to try to fix the nhs and the social care sector. some say that the £36 billion it will raise over three years won t solve the crisis. other critics say that the tax rises are unfairly distributed. let s begin this conversation with polly. to what extent, polly, do you believe that what the government is proposing will solve the problem with social care, which we have been discussing in this country for years? yes, government after government has failed to grasp it. at least this government has come up with something, but the something isn t nearly enough and it doesn t begin to be a plan
now time for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i m martine croxall. this week, our discussion is all about money. here in the uk, the government has announced the biggest set of tax rises since the second world war. the imf, the world bank and in fact banks everywhere are trying to decide whether they will release afghanistan s frozen assets and thereby try to avoid a humanitarian disaster. our guests this week. the guardian columnist polly toynbee, mina al oraibi the editor in chief of the gulf based the national newspaper, and still suitably distanced here with me in the studio is the bbc s business editor simonjack. welcome to you all. so, to begin with, borisjohnson s government has announced the largest tax increases in the uk for decades to try to fix the nhs and the social care sector. some say the £36 billion it will raise over three years won t solve the crisis. other critics say that the tax rises are unfairly distributed. let s begin this co
now on bbc news for you, it s dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i m martine croxall. this week our discussion is all about money. here in the uk the government has announced the biggest set of tax rises since the second world war. the imf, the world bank and in fact banks everywhere are trying to decide whether they will release afghanistan s frozen assets and thereby try to avoid humanitarian disaster. our guests this week. the guardian columnist polly toynbee, mina al 0raibi, the editor in chief of the gulf based the national newspaper, and still suitably distanced, here in the studio with me is the bbc s business editor simonjack. welcome to you all. so to begin with, borisjohnson s government has announced the largest tax increases in the uk for decades to try to fix the nhs and the social care sector. some say that the £36 billion it will raise over three years won t solve the crisis. 0ther critics say that the tax rises are unfairly distributed. le
disaster. our guest this week. the guardian columnist polly toynbee, mina al oraibi, the national newspaper reporter and still in the distance here with me in the bbc is the bbc s business editor simon jack. welcome to all. so to begin with, borisjohnson s government has announced the largest tax increases in the uk for decades to try to fix the nhs and the social care sector. some say that the £36 billion it will raise over three years won t solve the crisis. other critics say that the tax rises are unfairly distributed. let s begin this conversation with polly. to what extent, polly toynbee, do you believe what the government is proposing will solve the problem with social care, which we have been discussing in this country for years? discussing in this country for ears? , ,., ., years? yes, government after government years? yes, government after government has years? yes, government after government has failed - years? yes, government after government has failed to -