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...Top stories today Scoop: how Boris’s loan guarantor made British Council job shortlist | Nigel Adams, one of Boris Johnson’s closest ministerial allies, was involved in the recruitment process that led...
...Student living costs outstrip loans | University leaders have stepped up calls for ministers to boost financial support in England for students from the poorest backgrounds after new research showed inflation-busting...
...And the departments that do have some genuine achievements to their name — the lifelong loan entitlement at the DfE, say, or the devolution deals that Michael Gove is putting through at local government...
...Labour’s plan to cut students’ loan repayments | Bridget Phillipson writes in the Times today that a future Labour government would cut monthly student loan repayments without increasing government spending...
...Over at FT Alphaville, Toby Nangle runs through Woking’s accounts and local government borrowings from the Public Works Loan Board....
...China’s search for African alliances As for China, it is now well understood in Africa that countries lacking the fiscal capacity and growth potential to service loans from Beijing risk falling into a chronic...
...Britain after Brexit is edited by Georgina Quach today. Premium subscribers can sign up here to have it delivered straight to their inbox every Thursday afternoon....
...‘Untenable’ | Richard Sharp, the chair of the BBC, is refusing to quit in spite of a verdict by MPs that he made “significant errors of judgment” in failing to declare his role in an £800,000 personal loan...
...The loan was not declared to the Electoral Commission until more than a year later, in breach of election finance rules which say all loans of £7,500 or more must be declared within 30 days of the quarter...
...Some are borrowing money from friends and family, or taking out loans, to pay for surgery....
...The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development chipped in last year with a €300mn loan, enough to finance a fifth of Moldova’s annual gas imports....
...Did you take out a loan to pay for college in the US? Please tell us via a short survey how student loan debt has shaped your life. We might feature your experience in an upcoming story....
...In times like these, people with poor credit often turn to community lenders, who can help them with small loans....
...In case you missed it, FT reporters are gathering thoughts on US student loan debt and its impact on Americans via a short survey....
...Investors watch for cracks in US consumer loan market US household debt levels have skyrocketed this year as Americans borrow more to pay for increasingly expensive homes and cars....
...Almost £80bn was borrowed by companies through the government’s Covid loan programmes....
...Trade Secrets is edited by Georgina Quach today....
...This would unlock €23.9bn in EU grants and €11.5bn in loans for Poland, as long as it fulfils various conditions, or “milestones”, on judicial independence and the rule of law....
...Inside Politics is edited by Georgina Quach. Follow Stephen on Twitter @stephenkb and please send gossip, thoughts and feedback to insidepolitics@ft.com....
...The statement followed a report that raised fears Abramovich was trying to “renege” on a pledge not to ask the loan to be repaid. Inside Politics is edited by Georgina Quach....
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