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The Guardian Politics25 Feb 2026

UK ministers explore ways of easing burden of student loans

Government reviews options for university graduates on Plan 2 loans, such as increasing repayment thresholds Ministers are examining ways to ease the burden of student loans after weeks of pressure over a policy pulling more people into repayments, the Guardian understands. The Treasury and the Department for Education are reviewing different options to offer relief to graduates with Plan 2 student loans, often paying tens of thousands more than their original loan amount. Continue reading...

EconomyEducationHousing
Guido Fawkes25 Feb 2026

Simon’s Sketch: Punch the Monkey Tries on a Gorilla Suit for PMQs

What a sight the Treasury bench made. The lost souls sat in a particular purgatory, not actually dead but lacking any vital signs. Rusty Reeves was possibly on the edge of another melting moment (it was too much to hope for). Lisa Nandy, setting the theme, stared into Ed Miliband’s abyss. Who knows what horrors they…

Economy
Guido Fawkes25 Feb 2026

Taxpayers Cough Up £5 Million in Exit Packages for Senior NHS Staff in Just One Year

Taxpayers have forked out at least £4.95 million in golden goodbyes for senior civil servants in the NHS. According to health minister Karin Smyth, in the year 2024-25 there were 33 exit payment cases disclosed by integrated care boards which were of a value of £150,001 or more. Eye-watering… For context, there are currently 42…

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Conservative Home25 Feb 2026

Rochelle Blakeman: The populist right likes lecturing about fertility and childlessness. Conservatives should avoid it

Conservatives should focus on improving economic outlooks and accept that overbearing political tools are often too blunt an instrument for the nuanced, sensitive matter of fertility, children and family life. The post Rochelle Blakeman: The populist right likes lecturing about fertility and childlessness. Conservatives should avoid it appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics25 Feb 2026

Rachel Reeves is creating Black Market Britain with disastrous economic policies

LEE ANDERSON MP: The Chancellor won't want you to hear this, but it's true.

Economy