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Callum Price: Is it time we took the taxpayer out of the financing of students altogether?
5+ hour, 22+ min ago (726+ words) Callum Price is Director of Communications at the Institute of Economic Affairs, and a former Government special adviser." I have a Plan 2 student loan. I graduated in 2018 with just over "40, 000 in debt. I got a job immediately after university and…...
New legislation changing how student loans are paid
12+ hour, 1+ 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…...
A Biden student loan plan has ended. Here's what borrowers need to know
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1066+ words) A federal court order last month to effectively axe a Biden-era student loan repayment plan capped years of chaos for more than 7 million student borrowers enrolled in the program. The Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE, plan marked a…...
Lewis Defraine: How GCSE specifications are driving away our next generation of Conservatives
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (842+ words) Lewis Defraine is an aspiring journalist who focuses on British politics, European affairs, and ideology. The rapid ascent of Polanski's Green Party sharpens an eternal struggle for conservatism" its limited appeal to young people. Whilst the UK's youth have always…...
President's FY 2027 Budget Request Proposes Deep Reductions and Eliminations to Nursing Education and Research Funding
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (421+ words) | Newswise'Newswise President's FY 2027 Budget Request Proposes Deep Reductions and Eliminations to Nursing Education and Research Funding Newswise " WASHINGTON, D. C. , April 6, 2026 " The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is deeply dismayed by the proposed reductions to federal investments in nursing education,…...
Interest rate cap on student loans 'is just tinkering round the edges'
1+ day, 13+ 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…...
Plan to cap student loan interest rates gains support in Wales
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (259+ words) Welsh Ministers have given in-principle backing to a proposal that would cap student loan interest rates at 6% for borrowers in Wales from September 2026. The move follows a proposal by the UK Government to introduce the cap on Plan 2 and Plan…...
City MP backs change to protect Portsmouth's graduates from interest rate shocks
1+ day, 21+ 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…...
MPs likely to debate petition calling for mandatory Luxembourgish lessons
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (573+ words) A petition calling for Luxembourgish language lessons to be made compulsory for all cross-border workers and residents is likely to be debated in parliament after almost reaching the threshold of signatures required within two weeks of its launch. Almost 5, 300 people…...