OBR: we offered to update forecasts in time for ‘mini-budget’ – as it happened
The Office of Budget Responsibility has confirmed that it could have produced an economic forecast in time for the “mini-budget”,...
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Ending mandatory isolation does not mean Covid is over. But we need to move beyond short-term fixes
Ending mandatory isolation does not mean Covid is over. But we need to move beyond short-term fixesCatherine BennettThe virus is...
Hollywood’s Covid Protocols To Remain In Place As Negotiations Continue
Hollywood’s Covid-19 protocols, which were set to expire Friday, will remain in place while negotiations continue between the AMPTP and...
Do we still live in a multipolar world?
Introduction I began thinking about what I am now writing about two months ago, and I am now ready to...
The dark side of American exceptionalism: shorter lives
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its estimates of how the COVID-19 pandemic affected life expectancy...
House Republicans Argue That a COVID Standard for the Health Care Industry is Unnecessary
House Republicans are questioning the Biden administration’s prerogative to continue promulgating a COVID-19 standard aimed at protecting health care workers...
Long COVID is costing Texans thousands of dollars
Axios on facebookAxios on twitterAxios on linkedinAxios on emailA nurse tends to a patient in a hallway at the Houston...
Australia politics live: robodebt royal commission begins; states unwilling to change drivers’ licence numbers without evidence of fraud
In her opening address kicking off the robodebt inquiry today, the royal commissioner, Catherine Holmes, said senior government officials would...
Using Digital Democracy to Energize Thailand
Thuntee Ruben Sukchotrat, Director of Digital Transformation for the Thai Sang Thai Party, is a digital democracy revolutionary. Sukchotrat sees...
The pandemic’s not over, but Colorado and the feds are winding down the public health response. So who fills in the gaps?
Starting next year, the federal government and the state of Colorado plan to play much smaller roles in managing COVID-19,...