Sandy Downs

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Sandy Downs

Sandy Downs

@SandyDownsPR

Financial-y PR @TeamspiritGroup. I like diversity, CSR, and social media 🎉 🏳️‍🌈 she/her

London, England Katılım Ağustos 2017
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Farrukh
Farrukh@implausibleblog·
Lady in blue, "Will student loans be the next misselling scandal?" #BBCQT Oli Dugmore, "My three year course, £9,000 a year for the tuition, on top of that a maintenance loan, I left uni with £37,500 of debt" "From the day I was charged RPI interest" "Since I went to uni in 2012, the amount of interest I have accrued is £32,000" "Was it missold to me when I was told it would cost me £9,000 a year? Yes" "On top of that its a regressive system" "If you're wealthy enough to pay the fees up front, you don't get charged interest - if you're rich enough you don't pay the same as me" "The government changed the terms of the agreement, I call that loan sharking" Fiona Bruce, "How else would you pay for university?" Oli Dugmore, "How did you guys pay for it?" "The state paid for it, didn't they?" Fiona Bruce, "They did" Oli Dugmore, "Good enough for you, good enough for me?"
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Matt Lismore
Matt Lismore@MattLismore·
Unilaterally changing a contract that 17&18 year olds were pressured to enter into in order to have a chance at success in the job market to terms that make them significantly worse off is immoral. Worse still, the chancellor seems to think that student loans thresholds are there to be changed to suit the treasuries income needs, they are not a tax. If a high street lender did this, the ombudsman would rule against them.
BBC Newsnight@BBCNewsnight

“Fair and proportionate” Chancellor Rachel Reeves says the student loans system is “reasonable”, in response to Martin Lewis’ claims on #Newsnight that freezing the threshold at which graduates repay their student loans was not “a moral thing” for her to do.

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Fleur Anderson MP
Fleur Anderson MP@PutneyFleur·
Plan 2 student loan borrowers are getting a raw deal. Repayments keep going up while people are already stretched to the limit. This system isn’t fair and it isn’t working - graduates deserve clarity, stability and a path that doesn’t leave them worse off.
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Peter Stefanovic
Peter Stefanovic@PeterStefanovi2·
Jeez. This is completely insane. How has this been allowed to happen?
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Sandy Downs@SandyDownsPR·
@Victoria_Spratt @CallumCMason Totally agree with the recent comments in parliament - this is the next mis-selling scandal. We were told that interest rates would be capped & it was a 'cheap loan that you'd pay off over years without noticing' - instead, they're above RPI and hitting disposable income hard...
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Vicky Spratt
Vicky Spratt@Victoria_Spratt·
Important from my colleague @CallumCMason Young adults are effectively paying thousands of pounds extra in tax via student loan repayments on debts they will never pay off That's money they could be saving for a house deposit or paying into a pension inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…
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Mike Breen
Mike Breen@MikeBre14267200·
@SandyDownsPR @Victoria_Spratt Have you tried getting hold of the landlord directly and seeing what he might work out with you? Despite the rumours, most of us are human.
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Sandy Downs@SandyDownsPR·
@goose777X @Victoria_Spratt Well I can if they're doing a 180 on all previous comms and behaviour solely on the basis of delays to the law...
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Sandy Downs@SandyDownsPR·
@Victoria_Spratt It's the biggest cause of anxiety ever - we can't afford mortgage+rent for months, and the lettings agents are being incredibly obstructive and unhelpful
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Sandy Downs@SandyDownsPR·
@Victoria_Spratt Ha - the implementation schedule has royally screwed us too. Our lettings agent is refusing all early surrenders of tenancy 'due to the uncertainty' - even though they previously allowed them. Now we've successfully bought our first flat, and are trapped in a rental contract...
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Sandy Downs@SandyDownsPR·
I'm looking for a case study of someone who is disabled/ has a long-term health condition who has made changes to how their workplace pension is invested - please get in touch if you can help #JournoRequest
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Barnett Waddingham
Barnett Waddingham@BW_LLP·
BW's Melanie Durrant speaks to Sky News Business Live about the emergence of pension "mega funds" ahead of tonight's landmark Mansion House speech. youtube.com/watch?v=NsxH6A…
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Hilary Osborne
Hilary Osborne@hilaryosborne·
I am genuinely surprised that fuel duty is staying frozen. Prices have come so far off the peak it seems odd
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Scott Bryan
Scott Bryan@scottygb·
"this is glastonbury for economic editors" - just heard this as I turned on the tv
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Andy Silvester
Andy Silvester@silvesterldn·
Some professional news: Excited to join the incredible team @thetimes as London Editor from the end of this month. Cannot wait to get stuck in.
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Kevin Peachey
Kevin Peachey@PeacheyK·
For anyone who thinks #pension policy doesn't affect them, and for everyone puzzled by all the talk of pension taxation in the upcoming Budget, here's a guide... bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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