party. we re awaiting what is probably the most important media appearance in joe biden s very long political career. moments from now, he will hold a solo high-stakes news conference, his first since last month s debate fallout. it s a critical moment for not just biden but the country as well. as a growing number of democrats have called on the president to quit the race. with only a week to go before donald trump accepts the republican nomination. but questions remain over how real or loud the dump biden rebellion actually is. today, hakeem jeffries, the democratic leader in the house, said house and senate democrats are united with president biden on their agenda. still, the stakes could not be higher. biden will soon speak not just on the national stage, but also a global one. the eyes of the world are watching, but especially the american media, democrats, and donors who will be scrutinizing every word coming out of biden s mouth, and also how he says them. joining me n
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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