Student loan interest rates set to soar - what the changes mean for your repayments The maximum interest rate is set to rise to a staggering 12 per cent for half a year for the highest earners Manchester Evening News · Apr 13, 2022
Graduates to be hit with ‘brutal’ student loan interest rates of up to 12% Most recent graduates in England and Wales will be charged 9% from September amid rising retail prices index The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2022
Student loan interest rates: What rise means for you Anyone who has taken out a loan since 2012 could end up paying ‘eye-watering’ rates of interest, higher than homeowners paying off their mortgage The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2022
Student loan inflation rates mean graduates will pay higher interest rates than homeowners Anyone who has taken out a loan since 2012 could end up paying ‘eye-watering’ rates of interest, higher than homeowners paying off their mortgage The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2022
Graduates set for high interest ‘rollercoaster ride’ on loans Those who have taken out loans since 2012 could end up paying ‘eye-watering’ rates of interest higher than homeowners paying off their mortgage. The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2022
Student loan interest rate to hit 12% for graduates in England this year The RPI figure confirmed on Wednesday is the highest rate seen since tuition fees for university students in England were raised to £9,000 in 2012 Daily Mirror · Apr 13, 2022
Student loan changes in England will cost middle earners £30k, analysis says IFS says from 2023, expected future earnings will be crucial in deciding whether to take gap year The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2022
UK’s top 0.1% earners have annual income of over half a million, says IFS Institute for Fiscal Studies report finds highest-paid earners benefit from lower tax rates open to business owners The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2022
6 new tax year blows hitting your money today - from NI payments to pensions The new tax year begins on Wednesday, April 6, with important changes to taxes, pensions, student loans and statutory sick pay. Here's what's happening Daily Mirror · Apr 6, 2022
Committee to study elephant deaths lacks field biologists, veterinarians Three IFS officers and a NGO representative are the members The Hindu · Apr 3, 2022
Allegations of forest officials’ transfer baseless: Minister Saseendran says no official in IFS cadre promoted The Hindu · Apr 2, 2022
Middle earners hit by Covid pandemic income blow Workers on middle and higher incomes saw their incomes fall during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new analysis released on Thursday. Evening Standard · Mar 31, 2022
Nissan Lets Dealers Charge, Finance Up To $2,500 On Some Lease Buyouts The costs are for customer-approved repairs needed to achieve CPO status when using the lease purchase option. Motor1 · Mar 21, 2022
Jacob Rees-Mogg says Ukraine war shows Partygate scandal was just ‘fluff’ – as it happened Brexit minister says people will find Partygate scandal ‘fundamentally trivial’ in the context of war in Ukraine The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2022
The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2022 Tax rise due to be £12.5bn bigger than expected amid inflation surge, says IFS An income tax freeze is now expected to mean a £20.5 billion tax rise, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2022 Senior teachers will endure long pay freeze under DfE plans, study finds Pay rise for new teachers will come at expense of much lower increases for those with experience
The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2022 Sunak ‘must choose’ between spending hike or worst drop in living standards in 50 years, IFS warns The chancellor faces a stark decision between higher borrowing or an average earner being £800 worse off, the economic think tank says
The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2022 Sunak faces choice of worst hit to households since 1970s or spending hike, IFS warns The chancellor faces a stark decision between higher borrowing or an average earner being £800 worse off, the economic think tank says
The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2022 Student loan changes hit lower earners harder than first thought – IFS Institute for Fiscal Studies says graduates face paying extra £28,000 towards their loan over their lifetime
The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2022 Poorer graduates ‘to be hit even harder by student loan threshold change’ The Institute for Fiscal Studies pointed to a ‘crucial tweak’ in the policy’s supporting documents.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2022 England student loan changes will hit poor hardest, official analysis finds Critics say plans among ‘most regressive yet’, while high-earning borrowers ‘stand to benefit substantially’
Daily Record · Feb 11, 2022 People of working age saving for retirement could lose money by not moving older pension pots Employees in their 50s could be losing out on as much as £2,400.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2022 Ministers ‘quietly tighten financial screws’ on students in England – IFS IFS paper shows how inflation is eroding loans and fees enabling government to claw back £2.3bn
The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2022 Britain must choose between decades of higher taxes and cutting back welfare state, top economist warns Exclusive: Britain must address an annual spending black hole of around £60bn in the years ahead, according to the IFS
Daily Mirror · Feb 2, 2022 10 reasons Levelling Up White Paper has been blasted for letting down Brits The Levelling Up White Paper was finally unveiled by Michael Gove and the government today with great fanfare - but it comes two years after Boris Johnson's pledges, throws it forward to 2030 and has no new money. Here are the biggest problems, according to its critics