Osborne’s boast that he would shrink the welfare state to its small scale in 1948 has been definitively scuppered by a report from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). These official figures reveal that there are at least 6 major areas of public expenditure which are currently escalating rapidly and make it impossible to reconcile […]
Posts Tagged ‘Student Loans’
Why does Labour stick to Tory austerity plans the stats show can’t be achieved?
Jul 24th, 2014 by Michael Meacher.Activists prepare for another day of action against student debt
Nov 19th, 2013 by Keith Wright.University campuses across the country will play host to another day of action against the privatisation of student debt, this Wednesday, 20th November. This follows numerous student actions on the 5th November “bonfire of austerity”, along with a week of action in late October which saw the offices of several Lib Dem MPs targeted. Students […]
Labour can afford to be radical on higher education
Jun 19th, 2012 by Duncan Hall.More than three quarters of higher education experts do not believe the current loans system to be sustainable, according to research published in the Times Higher Education Supplement. Within five or ten years there will be yet another significant change in the HE funding model and it is very important that we plan now to […]