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Important point here Capping at 6% will have very little impact for the majority of students and the rate of interest will be nearly double the BOR forecasted rate of inflation The student loan system needs an overhaul not tinkering with

This cap shows the need to overhaul the student loan system. The current BOE forecasts are for inflation to be 3.5% towards end of the year, yet even with the cap a lot of students will be charged nearly double that. Conservatives have made a good start by pledging to scrap the additional 3.2%, but we would urge them to go further. Our suggestions 👇 👉 Swap from the RPI to CPI measure of inflation 👉 Unfreeze the repayment thresholds 👉 Future student loans do not earn interest until graduation Lost revenue will need to be offset from elsewhere, but student loans must go back to being about funding education and not used as a revenue raiser.

Labour and the Tories can’t cede the argument to the extremes if they want to survive, writes @RosaFPrince (via @opinion) bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Delaying this is a mistake. In the current environment, protecting Britain’s critical infrastructure and strengthening national resilience should be a central priority. Failing to do so leaves us more vulnerable and risks weakening both our security and our standing in the world

⭐ Michael Heseltine, the highlights: ✅ My only regret is that I wasn’t PM. But I certainly wouldn’t want to be in such a neutered position as the PM is today. ✅ Nigel Farage is one of the most menacing developments in modern politics. To have him anywhere near the centre of power would be appalling. He is Donald Trump’s vicar in Britain. You’ve only got to look at what Trump is doing on the world stage to realise just how ill thought out Farage’s policies are. ✅ The government is stark raving mad. Their tax regimes are destroying great swathes of wealth-creating activity and forcing a large number of entrepreneurs and investors out of the country. That’s the most appalling misjudgment. ✅ Keir Starmer is on a world stage over which he has very little influence and control. First, because it’s largely dominated by Trump and the Israelis. Second, because we have left the European Union, so we’re away from our allies there. Starmer is constantly demanded in one part of the world or the other. If he didn’t go, he would be much criticised. If he does go, he’s criticised for being out of the country. It must be an exhausting experience. ✅ In the Sixties we had Enoch Powell with his speeches about immigration. Now we’ve got Farage. I’ve lived through it all before. It is the easiest thing in the world to stir up tension against people who are different. He is oblivious to the fact that our social services and our health service are dependent upon doctors and nurses who come from overseas.

In a time when it feels like we’re lurching from one global crisis to another, it’s easy to forget that human progress is the norm. By working together nationally and with international partners, progress will remain the norm

People did not suddenly become more concerned about emissions in March. Instead, they know that installing solar panels can lower their electricity bills 📉 As a party, we should be encouraging and supporting households and business to install rooftop or balcony solar ☀️

Labour must get out of its own way ft.trib.al/UyQLyfK | opinion

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The Chief Executive of @AoC_info warns that Labour’s funding settlement amounts to a real-terms cut for further education colleges. At a time of rising youth unemployment and limited pathways outside university, this risks limiting opportunity and slowing economic growth 👇

An important point for Labour and the UK to consider in its approach to North Sea oil 🛢️ As we transition to EV's, the other uses of oil and its by-products will underpin a level of demand for oil Reducing North Sea operations not only harms the national economy and costs jobs, but leaves us and the world more reliant on producers from volatile regions to supply the oil required for essential products