07/04/2026 10:16
The Guardian
The health secretary and the BMA trade accusations over who bears responsibility for the collapse of talksThe Department for Education has announced that that it will cap the interest paid on plan 2 and plan 3 student loans at 6% for the 2026/27 academic years. This will protect students and graduates from England and Wales with these loans from a potential inflation spike caused by the Iran war.In a news release, the DfE says:Graduates will not pay the price for a war which the UK has no direct involvement in.This reform removes the risk of any temporary increase in inflation causing loan balances to compound at an unsustainable rate and is in line with actions taken in the past to secure stability in the student finance system. Continue reading...
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