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Money trap: The great student loan swindle

With graduates facing ballooning debts, a stealth tax on their success and a lack of jobs, is a degree still worth the investment? Claudia Cockerell investigates

Evening Standard

Voices: Only an EU reset can save our flatlining economy from the doldrums

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The chancellor has had near-zero success delivering the growth bonanza Labour promised and she is right to hitch her new growth strategy to a closer relationship with the continent

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner hits out at government over rocketing taxes for pubs and hospitality businesses

The former deputy prime minister said ministers must listen to the struggling hospitality sector and recognise its ‘value not just in rhetoric, but in policy’

Evening Standard

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UK economy disappoints in 2025 after ‘subdued’ year-end growth

Official figures showed gross domestic product rose by 0.1% in the fourth quarter, following growth of 0.1% in the previous three months.

Evening Standard

Heathrow passengers to be hit with 'eye watering' costs of third runway, Parliament told

Bosses at the west London airport say expansion is needed to boost UK economic growth

Evening Standard

UK economy limps along at 0.1% growth – but there are reasons for optimism in 2026

Consumers and businesses are not yet taking the hint despite six interest rate cuts

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves slammed for 'taking eye off ball' as UK economy grows by just 0.1%

Budget ‘mess’ blamed for dampening economic activity at the end of the year

Evening Standard

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UK economy grows by only 0.1% amid falling business investment

GDP in last three months of 2025 also hit by weak consumer spending, with little momentum going into this year

The Guardian - UK

'Biggest prize is with the EU,' says Rachel Reeves in LSE speech

The Chancellor tells an event at the London School of Economics the UK’s future is ‘intrinsically bound’ with Europe

Evening Standard

‘You call it a shitshow – I say it’s unforgivable’: Lisa Nandy on Epstein, Mandelson and Labour’s torrid week

The culture secretary talks about secret briefings, the need for solidarity and why the government must recognise its big moment of reckoning

The Guardian - UK

NUS urges ‘loan shark’ Reeves to reverse changes to student debt repayment

Policy announced in autumn budget freezes threshold at which students start repaying university loans

The Guardian - UK

Labour can win political argument for closer EU ties, says Rachel Reeves

Chancellor says stronger alignment with Europe is ‘biggest prize’ for trade and economic growth

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a complete scandal’: Graduates accuse government of acting like ‘loan sharks’ over student lending

Protest outside parliament called for change in how student loans are repaid as graduates told The Independent of impact debt has on their lives

The Independent UK

Reeves says closer integration with EU is ‘biggest prize’ in Brexit shift

The chancellor’s LSE speech will raise hopes that the government could be persuaded to relook at issues like our relationship with the single market or customs union

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan to get New York-style licensing powers to 'unleash' London's hospitality sector

The Government rejected warnings that the reforms will sideline local democracy in the capital

Evening Standard

Fightback starts, says Keir Starmer ally after 'High Noon' Cabinet meeting over Mandelson scandal

The Prime Minister chaired a meeting of his senior ministers after surviving attempts to oust him in a day of drama at Westminster

Evening Standard

Sir Keir Starmer: U-turns, judgment fears and public scepticism combine

The Prime Minister is facing a week of uncertainty as critics call for new leadership.

Evening Standard

Don't harm London, Rachel Reeves warned as she tears up rule book to boost funding for the North and Midlands

The Treasury’s new Green Book focuses less on delivering value-for-money as ministers seek to channel billions more to regions outside the capital

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The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer’s next steps: what hurdles must the prime minister now negotiate?

Top aide’s resignation may buy PM time, but coming weeks bring events that could yet end his time in office

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on student loans: a graduate levy by stealth is no way to fund the NHS

Editorial: By freezing thresholds, Labour is quietly loading the cost of public services on to young graduates, while insisting it has not raised taxes at all

The Independent UK

UK economy boost set to be announced as budget uncertainty fades

The Office for National Statistics is set to reveal the latest UK GDP data on Thursday

The Independent UK

What to know about student loans controversy as graduates left worse off

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) found that those on Plan 2 loans face repaying around £3,000 more on average

The Guardian - UK

£99,987 and counting: graduates trapped by ballooning student loans

As their debts rise, graduates reveal how loans are reshaping careers, finances and faith in the system

The Independent UK

Warning millions more could be stung by Reeves’ tax raid on pensions

A 2,000-a-year cap on salary sacrifice contributions will come into effect from 2029

The Guardian - UK

Bad and getting worse: for students like me, the loan system is the disaster that never ends

The current situation in England and Wales is akin to generational warfare – Martin Lewis is right when he takes ministers to task, says student Rohan Sathyamoorthy

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