How UK government has just made student loans more expensive

How UK government has just made student loans more expensive

Pressure is mounting on the Government over the affordability of student loans, after a decision by Chancellor Rachel Reeves to freeze the earnings threshold where graduates begin repayments.

Cost of hiring graduates shot up after Reeves’ taxes

The cost of hiring graduates and other young Brits in entry-level roles increased by seven per cent in real terms after Chancellor Rachel Reeves hiked employers’ national insurance and raised the national living wage, economists have found. A new set of forecasts and analysis by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) has called the Labour government’s growth plans into question, posing questions on the state of public fin…