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New legislation changing how student loans are paid
12+ hour, 37+ min ago (65+ words) Western Mass News New legislation changing how student loans are paid Crews respond to crash on Parker Street and North Branch Parkway MLK Jr Family services reopens following gas leak Honorary Chair named for World's Largest Pancake Breakfast Mount Holyoke…...
Interest rate cap on student loans 'is just tinkering round the edges'
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (520+ words) By SOPHIE CHURCH - POLITICAL REPORTER Ministers have been'accused of 'tinkering round the edges' after capping interest paid on student loans at double the current rate of inflation. After months of increasing pressure, the Government has finally agreed to introduce a…...
House bill would cut taxpayers funding for low-earning degrees
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (107+ words) Columbia Missourian JEFFERSON CITY " The House Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee heard a bill that would limit funding for federally recognized low-earning outcome degrees. Rep David Casteel R-High Ridge, sponsor of House Bill 3221, told the committee at a hearing…...
City MP backs change to protect Portsmouth's graduates from interest rate shocks
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (637+ words) Stephen Morgan MP'has come out in support of a key change'the Government'has made to the student loan system to deliver stability and protections for graduates from escalating interest.' The Labour government has placed a cap on the maximum interest rates…...
Millions of graduates to have student loan interest capped at 6%
2+ day, 17+ min ago (1059+ words) Millions of graduates will have the interest on their student loans capped at 6% from September after mounting criticism over repayment costs as the UK braces for the economic fallout from the Iran war. Ministers said the move would help "defend…...
Welsh Government working to protect student loan borrowers | Welsh Government
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (383+ words) The Welsh Government has agreed in principle to the UK Government's proposal to cap interest rates on Plan 2 and Plan 3 student loans at 6% from September 2026, for the 2026 to 2027 academic year. Any formal decision to'proceed'in Wales, including Regulations, is a matter…...
Student Loans To Be Capped At 6 Per Cent As Iran War Drives Inflation
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (621+ words) Interest rates on some'student loans will be capped at six per cent from September amid the conflict in the Middle East, the government has announced. The cap will be applied to Plan 2 and Plan 3 loans. The former has been the…...
Student loan interest rates to be capped after backlash over repayment costs
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (363+ words) Student loan interest rates will be capped from September Student loan interest rates for Plan 2 and Plan 3 borrowers will be capped at 6% from September, the government has announced, following widespread criticism over the escalating cost of repayments. The move aims…...
Trump's FY 27 budget plan looks a lot like his FY 26 plan
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (199+ words) By Jim Hermes April 5, 2026 "Print President Donald Trump on Friday released his fiscal year 2027 (FY 27) federal budget request, which includes funding requests for discretionary higher education and related programs. Additional documents, including the Education Department's (ED) detailed justifications for proposed…...
REPORT: The Trump Administration Has Saved Taxpayers a BILLION Dollars in Student Loan Fraud | The Gateway Pundit | by Mike La Chance
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (346+ words) Amid the national crackdown on fraud, the Trump Education Department is reporting that they have saved American taxpayers a billion dollars in student loan fraud. It's almost a shame that the Trump administration is trying to shut down the Department…...