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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

Student loans: ‘My debt rose £20,000 to £77,000 even though I’m paying’

Millions of graduates are trapped by ballooning debts, as their repayments are dwarfed by the interest added

The Guardian - UK

Nottingham University urged to reconsider proposed course suspensions

Dozens of students and staff gathered to protest against the potential future course closures on Monday.

Evening Standard

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French police plan to use nets to stop small boats ‘risks turning Channel into a graveyard’

France has been under mounting pressure from the UK to intercept migrant vessels at sea amid growing public anger over illegal migration

The Independent UK

UK Unveils Major Asylum Policy Reform in Response to Public Backlash

The UK government unveils sweeping asylum reforms, replacing automatic refugee status with temporary protection, tightening deportation rules, family reunion rules, and ECHR interpretations, amid public backlash and political division.

International Business Times UK

Every Labour MP elected on pledge to secure borders, Reed says amid backlash

Some Labour figures have publicly condemned plans to overhaul the asylum system.

Evening Standard

Mahmood battles backlash from Labour MPs over asylum reforms

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said ‘to maintain the generosity that allows us to provide sanctuary, we must restore order and control’.

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Home Secretary sets out reforms to overhaul ‘unfair’ asylum system

Shabana Mahmood said it was the ‘uncomfortable truth’ that the UK’s asylum offer compared to other European countries is drawing people to the UK.

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage criticised after claiming ‘most stable relationships’ are between men and women

The Reform UK leader was accused of ‘vile homophobia’ after claiming that heterosexual relationships ‘last the longest’

The Independent UK

Multiple Labour MPs considering defecting to Greens, Zack Polanski claims

Exclusive: Sitting down with The Independent, the new Green Party leader said he was ‘absolutely’ having conversations with Labour MPs who are considering defecting

The Independent UK

Pressure mounts on Mandelson over ‘sickening’ links to Epstein

A Government minister said emails between Lord Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein made him ‘shudder’.

Evening Standard

PM under pressure to sack Mandelson over Epstein links

The calls came after it emerged Lord Mandelson had described the paedophile financier as his ‘best pal’ in a birthday note.

The Independent UK

Lord Mandelson on the brink as new Epstein emails pile pressure on PM to sack him

Mandelson told Epstein to ‘fight for early release’ shortly before he was sentenced to 18 months in prison

Evening Standard

Labour MPs call for Mandelson to be sacked over Epstein relationship

Sir Keir Starmer was urged to get rid of the US ambassador by backbenchers Richard Burgon and Nadia Whittome.

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The Independent UK

How much tax do Britain’s billionaires pay? HMRC has no idea, damning report finds

The finding comes amid growing calls for a wealth tax among Labour MPs

The Independent UK

Nadia Whittome: ‘I’m appalled by my party’s stance on trans rights’

PRIDE 2025: The Labour MP for Nottingham East tells Emma Henderson she’s proud of her party’s pledge to tackle violence against women and girls but wants to push from within for change on trans rights

Evening Standard

Who are the 47 Labour MPs who rebelled in the welfare reforms vote?

Mother of the House Diane Abbott, former minister Dawn Butler, and Andy McDonald were among those who voted against the Government.

Evening Standard

Welfare reforms: What concessions has the Government made?

The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill is due before the Commons on Tuesday.

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Labour MPs call for benefit cuts to be scrapped after winter fuel payment U-turn

Rachel Reeves has announced that around nine million more pensioners will receive the fuel payment this year

Evening Standard

Labour MPs in call for benefits U-turn after change to winter fuel payment cut

Pensioners who earn less than £35,000 will receive the winter fuel payment, the Chancellor has said.

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Urgent Call for Major Law Change to Expose the Truth Behind Channel and Asylum Deaths

MP Nadia Whittome has called for a new law that would force the Home Office to reveal the number of deaths in the asylum system, including those who perish

Evening Standard

Flagship immigration reforms closer to law following MPs’ vote of support

MPs voted 316 to 95, majority 221 at third reading in support of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer accused of echoing far right with ‘island of strangers’ speech

Prime minister’s immigration speech was likened by MPs to rhetoric of Enoch Powell

Evening Standard

Nurses, universities and some Labour MPs criticise Government's new immigration rules

The GMB union said plans to scrap care visas could be ‘catastrophic’ for the sector

Evening Standard

Minister defends PM’s ‘island of strangers’ claim amid Labour backlash

The Prime Minister used a Downing Street speech on Monday to lay out plans to ‘significantly’ reduce net migration.

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