一 | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is fighting for his political life but his opponents have few options for replacing him — so say two senior academics.,Calls for Johnson to go have reached fever pitch since Chris Pincher, the Conservative MP he appointed as deputy chief whip in February, was sacked for drunkenly groping two men at a posh private members' club in London.,This week it emerged that Johnson had been informed of earlier sexual assault claims against Pincher before he promoted him — leaving cabinet colleagues were embarrassed at having to defend the ever-changing official line.,Laura McAllister, professor of public policy at the Wales Governance Centre, told Sputnik nobody should take Johnson's political demise for granted.,"He survived so much in a way that few other politicians have ever managed to, particularly those in senior public office and prime minister," McAllister says. "He operates by a completely different set of rules and principles and ethics, which we would assume would be his undoing, but actually in reality he seems to have been able to ride the storm".,The academic points to Johnson's survival of the scandals around his advisor Dominic Cummings, 'Partygate', his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic before the Pincher affair. But she conceded that the spate of ministerial resignations led by Sajid Javid as health secretary and Rishi Sunak as chancellor of the exchequer were "hugely significant.","Two Cabinet members who sat in Cabinet yesterday morning had resigned without warning by the evening," the professor stresses "I think it's also fair to say that both of those individuals are thinking about their own potential bids to stand as the next leader of the Conservative Party and therefore timing is very much predicated on that.",McAllister says things have changed since the days of Margaret Thatcher, who resigned in 1990 after failing to win a leadership challenge by an overwhelming margin.,"[T]here was a much stronger Cabinet code, a ministerial code that was upheld broadly, or if it wasn't upheld, then there were consequences," she says "That's not the case now, and it seems very likely that Johnson will not resign of his own accord.","He still has a base of support, of course, even though that’s dwindling away now," she adds.,The academic also doubts that a general election would break the political deadlock.,"Whilst Labour are a few percentage points ahead, they clearly aren’t making sufficient headway to be confident of winning a majority," McAllister says. "The best they could hope for in the current polling would be a minority government and potentially having to seek coalition partners".,Those could include the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party (SNP), who would demand a repeat of the 2014 independence referendum as the price of their support. Ironically, independence for Scotland and its 59 parliamentary seats would shore up the Conservative majority in Westminster and make Labour nigh on unelectable.,"[Labour leader] Keir Starmer has already ruled out any deals with the SNP for obvious constitutional reasons, and therefore with Plaid Cymru in Wales," she points out, "So it seems unlikely that that route to power is open".,McAllister believes a new Tory leader would at least enjoy a "honeymoon period" bounce in the polls.,"And who knows, were Johnson to be defenestrated, it might be that a new leader might choose to capitalize on the honeymoon period and call an earlier election," she speculates.,Beleaguered BoJo Battles With Opposition at Weekly PM's Questions12:52 GMT,No 'Coup', But Then Who?,Mark Garnett, a politics professor at Lancaster University and author of the books "The British Prime Minister in an Age of Upheaval" and "From Anger to Apathy: The British Experience" thinks Johnson has no hope of survival. But he does not see how the party can push the PM out if he refuses to jump.,He says Javid and Sunak's resignations are "serious blows" to Johnson, but they are only "symptoms of a more general crisis of leadership".,"Johnson has been involved in too many incidents which raise questions about his personal integrity," Garnett says, with ministers told to defend the PM against allegations that turned out to be true. "In effect, they have been asked to lie in public on his behalf. Their patience has finally snapped.",But the professor does not see the near simultaneous resignations as a "coup", stressing: "The most surprising thing is that ministers have tolerated Johnson for so long".,While Sunak was seen as the favorite to succeed Johnson just six months ago "he is being held at least partly responsible for the country's economic problems and his chances of becoming prime minister are now very remote," Garnett says. "Sajid Javid's chances are greater, but Conservative members (who make the final decision) seem more attracted to the Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, who has not resigned.",The academic believes MPs are worried that Johnson is now an "electoral liability" who could cost them their seats at the next general election. "The party has just lost two by-elections in crucial seats, and the main reason given by those who voted against them was Boris Johnson's leadership," he stresses.,But the problem of how to remove Johnson from office if he will not quit remains.,"Currently the party's rules make it impossible to hold a vote of confidence for another year," Garnett points out. "It is very likely that those rules will be changed within the next ten days". But he believes if a vote could be held now, "Johnson would certainly lose and be forced to resign".。 北京8月19日电 题：普惠扩围 全链赋能——《住房公积金管理条例》修改解读 记者王优玲 住房公积金制度是我国城镇住房制度的重要组成部分，关系广大群众切身利益。《国务院关于修改〈住房公积金管理条例〉的决定》自2026年9月20日起施行。
二 | 《住房公积金管理条例》为什么要进行修改？有哪些修改重点？将如何更好满足多样化住房消费需求？ 全链赋能，覆盖多样化住房消费场景 自1999年国务院颁布施行《住房公积金管理条例》以来，住房公积金制度运行逐步走上法治化、规范化轨道。当前，住房公积金制度运行面临新的形势。 住房城乡建设部相关负责人表示，随着我国房地产市场发展，人民群众的住房需求从“有没有”转向“好不好”，住房消费场景日益多样化，对住房公积金使用管理提出新的要求。 决定将住房公积金提取情形由原有的6种拓展为9种，包括：支付房租的；购买、建造、翻建、大修自住住房的；偿还购房贷款本息的；装修自住住房的；支付自住住房物业费的；离休、退休的；完全丧失劳动能力，并与单位终止劳动关系的；出境定居的；国务院批准的其他住房消费情形。 安徽工业大学商学院教授吴义东说，决定在保留原有提取场景的基础上，新增了居住品质提档升级的提取情形，将装修自住住房、支付自住住房物业费纳入提取范围，使住房公积金得以贯通租房安居、购房置业、修房养护等住房消费全链条。 值得注意的是，决定新增“国务院批准的其他住房消费情形”作为兜底条款。住房城乡建设部政策研究中心副主任浦湛表示，这使住房公积金的使用场景不局限于当下已知的“项目清单”，提取范围可更加灵活地回应缴存人住房消费变化，为未来拓展用途留出空间。 “条例的修改，坚持住房全周期保障，切实回应了人民群众住房需求的转变。
三 | ”上海交通大学国际与公共事务学院教授陈杰说，住房公积金原来以购房贷款为主的功能，难以满足人民群众多元化的住房消费需求，相关修改正是对这一短板的有力补强。 普惠扩围，拓宽制度覆盖面 当前，数字经济、平台经济、共享经济等新业态蓬勃发展，外卖骑手、网约车司机、网络主播、自由设计师等灵活就业群体规模持续壮大，我国灵活就业人员规模已超2亿人。 为适应我国就业结构变化、增强制度普惠性，决定将住房公积金制度覆盖面扩大到灵活就业群体，增加“个体工商户、非全日制从业人员以及其他灵活就业人员，可以自愿缴存住房公积金，按照规定享受相应的政策支持。
四 | 具体办法由设区的市级以上地方人民政府制定。”“国务院住房城乡建设主管部门等有关部门应当加强对灵活就业人员缴存住房公积金工作的指导。” 近年来，住房城乡建设部分3批推进36个城市开展灵活就业人员参加住房公积金制度试点工作。记者了解到，试点以来，参加住房公积金制度的灵活就业人员70%是新市民、青年人，目前已有200多万灵活就业人员参加了住房公积金制度。 浙江工业大学中国住房和房地产研究院院长虞晓芬说，技术革新、业态创新和要素重塑等正在深刻改变就业结构。灵活就业人员参加住房公积金制度实现了由试点探索向制度化、规范化推进的转型，从法规层面打通了“愿缴能缴”的通道。 考虑到不同城市房地产市场、资金规模、群众住房需求的差异，相关修改赋予地方弹性实施空间。住房城乡建设部相关负责人表示，决定在扩大住房公积金制度覆盖面问题上坚持两点：一是尊重灵活就业人员意愿，不搞强制和“一刀切”；二是授权设区的市级以上地方人民政府制定具体办法，同时明确住房城乡建设部等国务院有关部门应当加强指导。 便民高效，强化风险管控 进一步提升住房公积金管理服务效能，增强群众获得感，是各方面的普遍期待。决定提出，加强数字化、智能化建设，提升住房公积金管理服务效能，实现住房公积金缴存记录等全国范围内互信互认，推动住房公积金转移接续、异地贷款等业务便捷高效办理。 随着经济社会发展，缴存人、资金等要素跨区域流动日益频繁，对跨区域公共服务需求愈发迫切。陈杰说，这是从制度源头着手，依托数字化、智能化技术手段，全面打通全国公积金缴存信息壁垒。 决定还简化了职工申请提取住房公积金的手续，无需再由所在单位核实和出具提取证明，同时缩短了住房公积金贷款申请审查时限，由15日缩短到10日。
五 | 在优化服务的同时，决定明确了强化信用约束、完善处罚规定等方面的措施，加强风险防控。 决定增加“国务院住房城乡建设主管部门应当确定住房公积金领域公共信用信息，住房公积金管理中心应当建立全面完整准确的信用记录，纳入全国信用信息共享平台。
六 | ”此外，决定对以欺诈、伪造证明材料等手段违法提取住房公积金、获得住房公积金贷款的行为，规定了明确的法律责任。 住房城乡建设部相关负责人表示，此次条例修改坚持问题导向，聚焦人民群众对优化住房公积金管理制度的主要关切完善制度设计，增强修改的针对性和实效性；同时坚持积极稳妥，在确保住房公积金资金安全的前提下提升使用效能，更好适应房地产发展形势和缴存人多样化住房消费需求。
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