Changes to the student loans system quietly announced in the last budget have provoked a loud and angry response that has woken up Westminster to what anyone who did a degree in the 2010s, and their parents, already knew. The debt burden is rising, squeezing young workers as they approach their earning prime. With around […]
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More than one million properties are due to get government-funded internet upgrades, and a new tool has been launched to tell you if you can get one. The Project Gigabit scheme aims to bring gigabit-capable broadband, which offers faster and more reliable internet, to hard-to-reach rural areas. The programme launched in 2021, but the rate
Petrol and diesel prices have jumped over the past two weeks as the Iran war pushes up oil prices. Diesel prices have risen by an average of 18p per litre from 142.4p to 160.3p since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran at the end of February, new RAC figures show. The 13% increase
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Artificial intelligence (AI) and “deeper” ties with Europe are the best ways to get the economy growing, the chancellor will say on Tuesday. Rachel Reeves will argue that the UK cannot afford to “bury our heads in the sand”, and allow other countries to lead the development of AI, in the annual Mais lecture. While
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Chelsea have been given a suspended one-year transfer ban, and fined a record £10.75m, after admitting historical breaches of Premier League rules. The Premier League said the transfer ban for Chelsea’s first team had been suspended for two years. The west London club have also been given a nine-month academy transfer ban. All sanctions will
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If you’ve ever spent your morning commute daydreaming about starting afresh with your career, this feature is for you. Each Monday, the Money blog speaks to someone from a different profession to discover what it’s really like. Today we speak to Kieron Fosher, window cleaner and owner of KF Specialist Exterior Cleaning in Kent… To
Businesses will be given a £3,000 government bonus for hiring a young person who has been out of work for six months. Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said the government wants to “back Britain’s young people” after youth unemployment hit its highest levels for 11 years. Politics latest: Starmer to offer ‘targeted’ energy support
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Emergency help for poorer households hit by energy bills driven up by the Iran war is to be unveiled by Sir Keir Starmer. The government says it will provide “targeted” support for families that rely on heating oil, the cost of which has risen by 80% in a week. The prime minister is also threatening
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Targeted support for the poorest households who rely on heating oil is coming, we understand, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves set to make an announcement as soon as Monday. It follows calls from rural Labour MPs who have warned of constituents living in fuel poverty, unable to heat their homes, restock their supply, or afford the
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has warned petrol retailers of a “shared obligation” to keep prices down for motorists amid soaring prices and war in the Middle East. The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) had threatened to pull out of the Downing Street meeting with Ms Reeves and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband hours before, citing “inflammatory language”. That
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