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Brutal interest rate hike on student loans

Students are set to be hit with brutal interest rate hikes under the Tory government according to the National Union of Students (NUS). They say the rate is set to increase to 9% from September this year. B & H Liberal Democrats ask how can this be fair? Our future is dependent on them and it is not right to exploit them in this way. Liberal Democrats continue to campaign for reform to the student loan scheme to make it fairer and less damaging to students.

14 Apr 2022
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Value of State Pension falls to lowest in 50 years

The idea that the Tories look after those who are reputed to vote for them took a big knock today as it has just been reported by an associate director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (the independent pverty charity) that "Pensioners have seen the value of their State Pensions fall in real terms in eight of the last ten years. It also means that in terms of their values, how much bread and milk you can buy in the shops, it is the biggest fall in value since 1972". A Tory Chancellor has therefore engineered the biggest fall in the value of the the State Pension for 50 years. Many Pensioners are now learning that the pound in their purse is not safe in the hands of the Tories as poverty looms on the horizon.

13 Apr 2022
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Lib Dems WIN North Shropshire

The Liberal Democrats have declared 'the party is over' for Boris Johnson after their sensational by-election win in North Shropshire tonight. By Liberal Democrats, Dec 17, 2021 7:12

24 Jan 2022
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