OPINION: It’s official. MIQ’s booking system has become so impenetrable the Ombudsman may get called in. On Monday, the Herald reported telecommunications engineer Jonathan Brewer complained to the watchdog after declaring the booking system unusable for regular folks. Brewer splits
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Boris Johnson considering raising National Insurance to fund social care reforms
Boris Johnson is looking at raising National Insurance in order to fund long-promised reforms of social care. According to The Times, National Insurance payments for businesses and employees will rise by 1 percentage point, a penny in the pound. The
Stop funds immediately! Brussels told to cut EU cash being sent to Poland and Hungary
EU: Expert discusses ‘long term challenge’ of rule of law We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on
Garland tells prosecutors not to seize reporters’ records.
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday issued a broad ban on using subpoenas, warrants or court orders to seize reporters’ records from their employers or from communications firms in an effort to uncover their confidential sources in leak investigations, outlining
Opinion: Simon Wilson: Farm tractors, Ponsonby lattes and the true gulf between us
COMMENT The trouble with protests, of all kinds, is you never know who’s going to turn up. The Howl of a Protest tractor rally in Auckland last Friday was gatecrashed by Voices for Freedom. “Toot for Freedom” proclaimed their placards.
Born of a Crisis, Remote Voting in Congress Has Become a Useful Perk
WASHINGTON — When the House revamped its rules in the early days of the pandemic to allow lawmakers to vote remotely, Representative Ralph Norman of South Carolina was among 161 Republicans who sued to block the arrangement, arguing that it
Covid 19 coronavirus: Preparations into opening up Fortress NZ are underway. What will 2022 look like?
Jacinda Ardern hasn’t set a timeline for opening up Fortress New Zealand due to the many unknowns: vaccine uptake, new virus variants, public appetite for change. Derek Cheng looks at what next year might look like, what we know already,
Want clear and frank answers! SNP in spotlight as fraud probe underway
Nicola Sturgeon announces ease on Scotland restrictions We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You
EU chiefs hit out at Boris Johnsons Freedom Day unlocking: Big game of chance
Coronavirus: GP calls for daily figures to 'not be published' We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on
Neil Ferguson warns UK could hit 200,000 new Covid infections PER DAY in coming weeks
Neil Ferguson issues warning about covid hospitalisations We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You