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overcoming opposition and passing voting rights in the senate. these bills help treat the symptoms of the disease, but they do not fully address the disease itself. while i continue to support these bills i will not support separate actions that worsen the underlying disease of division infecting our country. senators kyrsten sinema and joe manchin, another protector of the filibuster, seem to believe when it comes to protecting democracy the cure is worse than the problem. in their minds eliminating the filibuster, a maneuver done many times before to bypass the 60-vote threshold, that that is somehow worse than republican states like texas and georgia making it harder to vote and installing partisans to perhaps put the thumb on the scale in a close election. how big is the threat? consider this last year 19 states enacted 34 laws that restrict voting and alter the vote counting process. hundreds more were introduced. more are coming this year. and threats of viole ....
is worse in the problem. to bypass the 60 vote threshold that fosters more obstruction the bipartisan system. that is more making it hard to vote, and installing partisans. putting their threat on the scale. last year, 19 states enacted 34 laws that restrict voiding and altering the voting process. hundreds more were produced. more coming this year. in terms of violence and intimidation from trump supporters, have force dedicated election workers to quit. with the maga lining to pick up their places. perhaps a sham audit in arizona has copycats around the country. even though no fraud was found, the fake audits work in sowing doubt in election results. this is so bad that research show that 21% of republicans believe that joe biden s election was legitimate. 21%. now about how trump s allies tried to steal the election, including how republicans in five states sent forged documents to washington to try to get trump elected. and the guy who sells foam pillows a ....
now the party of business and he will govern as a pro business party, thatis will govern as a pro business party, that is the emphasis, not so much on specific policies but about the environment in which he believes business can flourish and he will denounce the conservatives inadequate policies as he sees it, for promoting economic growth, and he says with growth will come prosperity. the specific announcement came from rachel reeves this morning when she guaranteed the corporation tax would not rise during the course of a labour government should they be elected. that is no change, effectively. she set out some specific tax rises and it was always implicit that they would not be any further tax rises announced but she made it explicit today, speaking to a business audience, so it will go down well that corporation tax would not go up under a labour government, and we are expecting more from keir starmer in terms of mood music towards business and how much his party ha ....
russian region of belgorod, that borders with ukraine. the region has come under heavy fire in recent days, and last night saw more heavy shelling. in the latest development, a group of ukraine based russian paramilitaries say they ve crossed the border into russia, and captured two russian soldiers. in a video, the paramilitaries said they would hand the soldiers back if the governor came to meet them, something the governor says he would do. earlier, belgorod s governor urged all those still living along the ukrainian border to urgently move away in order to avoid the constant cross border shelling. he said more than 4,000 people had already evacuated and been relocated to temporary accommodation. translation: i urged the villagers, first the shebekino district that has been shelled, to listen to the position of the authorities and leave temporarily leave their homes in order to safeguard what is important your life and the lives of your loved ones. today we h ....
welcome to the programme. a smaller workforce represents a serious economic challenge. it makes it harder for employers to filljobs. it adds to wage pressures that drive inflation. it holds back growth. it reduces the tax revenues available to fund public services. there is an imperative in helping people back to work. the trouble is many parents in this country can t afford to because many would see their take home pay wiped out by the £15,000 average annual cost of full time childcare for a two year old. right now, uk childcare costs are double the 0ecd average. the only two countries where parents spend a higher percentage on childcare are switzerland and new zealand. when i had my daughter, who s five, i had to quit myjob because we couldn t afford childcare. i look forward to going back to nursing. my plan is to go back to nursing. if there d been more options and if childcare had been either cheaper or there was more flexibility, that would ve definitely been som ....