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New student loan changes affecting everyone who is repaying one

The change affects students with Plan 2 (undergraduate) and Plan 3 (postgraduate) loans - and comes instead of an expected 12% interest rate

Glasgow Live · Aug 10, 2022

Tens of millions of working Brits set to be hit by 'stealth tax' of £30billion

Income tax thresholds, including the personal allowance, have been frozen for four years. But inflation is soaring and could hit 13% - meaning people will be dragged into paying more

Daily Mirror · Aug 10, 2022

Public services face cuts unless £26bn inflation hole plugged, IFS warns

Prices rises will cause cuts in healthcare, education and defence unless the Treasury intervenes, according to a leading economic think tank

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2022

One in 25 heart attack deaths in north-east of England ‘preventable in London’

IFS research shows six in 100 patients would have survived if they had been treated by a similar doctor in London

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2022

Conservative leadership race: ‘Next PM must find billions to help out struggling households’

Carrying on with the current economic policy is ‘not going to cut it’, IFS chief says

Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2022

School spending power to stay below 2010 levels as inflation drives up costs

New prime minister faces decision on new cash injection to avoid ‘stagnation’

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2022

Schools in England face funding crisis as costs soar, study warns

Institute for Fiscal Studies says spend per pupil set to be lower in 2025 than in 2010, with budgets already under strain from rises in food, energy and wage bills

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2022

Pranay Kumar Verma appointed as Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh

A 1994 batch IFS officer, Verma is currently Ambassador of India to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jul 29, 2022

Boris Johnson takes swipe at Rishi Sunak over energy bill VAT U-turn

The outgoing Prime Minister said the controversial move would be "easier than we thought" in a thinly-veiled dig at the former Chancellor during a speech at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Birmingham

Daily Mirror · Jul 28, 2022

Economists cast doubt over Rishi Sunak's bid to scrap VAT on domestic energy bills

Tory leadership candidate Rishi Sunak has vowed to drop the 5% charge from October if the energy price cap tops £3,000, describing it as a 'targeted, temporary and timely tax cut'

Daily Mirror · Jul 27, 2022