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Keir Starmer’s next steps: what hurdles must the prime minister now negotiate?

Top aide’s resignation may buy PM time, but coming weeks bring events that could yet end his time in office

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on student loans: a graduate levy by stealth is no way to fund the NHS

Editorial: By freezing thresholds, Labour is quietly loading the cost of public services on to young graduates, while insisting it has not raised taxes at all

The Guardian - UK

UK economy boost set to be announced as budget uncertainty fades

The Office for National Statistics is set to reveal the latest UK GDP data on Thursday

The Independent UK

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What to know about student loans controversy as graduates left worse off

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) found that those on Plan 2 loans face repaying around £3,000 more on average

The Independent UK

£99,987 and counting: graduates trapped by ballooning student loans

As their debts rise, graduates reveal how loans are reshaping careers, finances and faith in the system

The Guardian - UK

Warning millions more could be stung by Reeves’ tax raid on pensions

A 2,000-a-year cap on salary sacrifice contributions will come into effect from 2029

The Independent UK

Bad and getting worse: for students like me, the loan system is the disaster that never ends

The current situation in England and Wales is akin to generational warfare – Martin Lewis is right when he takes ministers to task, says student Rohan Sathyamoorthy

The Guardian - UK

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Why the Bank of England is holding rates despite a weakening economy

Rising unemployment and falling inflation made a strong case for a cut but Andrew Bailey opted to wait and see

The Guardian - UK

Bank of England keeps interest rates at 3.75% as inflation concerns persist

Bank indicates anti-inflation measures in Rachel Reeves’s budget likely to pave way for rate cuts in months ahead

The Guardian - UK

Jamie Oliver: Labour is extinguishing the spark that powers our brilliant food scene

Britain’s food is the envy of the world, says Jamie Oliver, and it breaks my heart that the Government are stubbing it out

Evening Standard

‘Doomed’ student loan system could be replaced by graduate tax, says ex-watchdog

As student loan debt soars for many, Rachel Reeves is facing calls for a change

The Independent UK

We all benefit from higher education – so why should only students bear the costs?

The Guardian - UK

NatWest pledges to lend £10bn to social housing over three years

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said loans from the bank will help build thousands of affordable homes for ‘families priced out of homeownership’.

Evening Standard

A whiff of familiarity in Mandelson’s 2009 collusion with the banks

For Labour veterans of the financial crisis the Epstein files revealed a betrayal – but 16 years on, is the City calling the shots?

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MPs resoundingly vote to scrap two-child benefit cap

It will be further scrutinised by MPs and peers before it can become law, but the Government has said it wants to ditch the two-child limit from April

Evening Standard

Two-child benefit cap closer to being scrapped as MPs vote to ditch policy

The policy currently restricts child tax credit and universal credit to the first two children in most households.

The Guardian - UK

EU has ‘open mind’ on UK customs union talks, says official

Valdis Dombrovskis says bloc is ‘ready to engage’ amid meetings with ministers including Rachel Reeves

The Independent UK

EU ‘open-minded’ about Britain rejoining customs union, bloc’s finance chief says

EU finance chief Valdis Dombrovskis said the bloc was ‘ready to engage’ if the UK wanted to explore a customs union

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Evening Standard

Jobs crisis in London: Tens of thousands more Londoners are in temporary work since Labour came to power

Thousands more people in the capital are in temporary work because they can’t find a permanent job

The Guardian - UK

Student loans: why is Martin Lewis clashing with Rachel Reeves?

MoneySavingExpert founder has said changes that will lead to some graduates in England and Wales paying more are ‘not moral’

The Independent UK

Parliament to vote on ending two-child benefit cap

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The Independent UK

50,000 families to gain nothing despite end of two child benefit cap, DWP’s own analysis reveals

A further 20,000 will only see limited gains, official assessment confirms

The Guardian - UK

UK house prices bounce back in January as analysts predict 2%-4% rise in 2026

Nationwide says average price of UK home rose by 0.3% last month after surprise fall in late 2025

The Guardian - UK

The long-term cost of high student debt is not just for graduates

Labour’s changes to the student loan system have turned frustration into full-blown fury, which is likely to benefit its opponents at the ballot box

The Independent UK

Cost of pint to rise under new alcohol duty changes

The UK Spirits Alliance has written to Rachel Reeves urging her to use an upcoming duty review to drive growth

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