Will Hazell

London

Whitehall Correspondent at The i Paper

Whitehall Correspondent @theipaper formerly @telegraph @tes @hsjnews. Story? [email protected]

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Over-60s to be barred from taxpayer-funded tuition fee loans

2 days ago | msn.com | Will Hazell

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Over-60s to be barred from taxpayer-funded tuition fee loans

2 days ago | inews.co.uk | Will Hazell

Labour is pressing ahead with plans to ban people over the age of 60 from taking out student loans for tuition fees. A long-awaited shake-up of the system for funding higher education in England will end a loophole which allows older learners to take out loans which they are unlikely to ever pay back. There is currently no upper age limit for tuition fee loans, and 4,648 people over the age of 60 have taken out loans to cover the cost of higher education since 2019.
Starmer risks rebellion if Trump addresses Parliament on ‘stupid’ state visit

2 days ago | msn.com | Will Hazell

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Starmer risks rebellion if Trump addresses Parliament on 'stupid' state visit

3 days ago | inews.co.uk | Will Hazell

Sir Keir Starmer will be hit by a rebellion from Labour MPs if he requests that Donald Trump should receive the honour of addressing Parliament, The i Paper has been told. Labour MPs said it would be “completely inappropriate” for Trump to be granted a speech in Parliament, with some backbenchers also calling for the Government to reverse the “stupid” decision to give the US President a second state visit.
How Reform is channelling Maga to try and make Farage Prime Minister

1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Will Hazell

When Nigel Farage launched Reform UK’s local election campaign at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena last month, the carnival-like atmosphere felt strangely familiar. Riding onto the stage on a JCB, the Reform leader was cheered by thousands of party activists, including some wearing “make Britain great again” caps.
Starmer’s women problem: Why No 10 has got it in for female Cabinet ministers

1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Will Hazell

She “doesn’t work hard enough”, she’s “out of favour”, she’s “lost her grip”, she’s “folded” to the unions. Certain Labour cabinet ministers have been coming in for a lot public flack since they took office – and not just from opposing parties. Reports often link Number 10 to the hostile briefings. Increasingly the question is being asked – does Sir Keir Starmer’s Downing Street have a women problem? And some people within government and the wider Labour Party think the answer is yes.
Why No 10 has got it in for female Cabinet ministers

1 week ago | msn.com | Will Hazell

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Reeves should be sacked as Chancellor, poll says

1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Will Hazell

More than half of the British public think Sir Keir Starmer should sack Rachel Reeves as Chancellor, polling has found. The survey by the More in Common found that Reeves was the least popular of a group senior Cabinet ministers polled by the think-tank, with the Chancellor’s approval rating plummeting since Labour entered government last year.
‘The world’s falling apart’: Why one UK party thinks fear of Trump can win votes

3 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Will Hazell

Launching his local election campaign earlier this week, the Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said he wanted to replace the Conservatives as the “party of Middle England”. Might Donald Trump just help him do it? As the world reels from Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs, Davey’s party think that they are on to a winner by having a stance of full-throated opposition to the US President which they believe differentiates them from political rivals.
Rwanda 2.0 plan to deport asylum seekers on the table, Keir Starmer confirms

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Will Hazell

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