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Most undergraduate university students resident in the United Kingdom are eligible for student loans, and some students on teacher training courses may also apply for loans. Student loans also became available from the 2016/17 academic year to postgraduate students who study a taught Masters, research or Doctoral course.
The Student Loans Company (SLC) is an executive non-departmental public body company in the United Kingdom that provides student loans. It is owned by the UK Government's Department for Education (85%), the Scottish Government (5%), the Welsh Government (5%) and the Northern Ireland Executive (5%). [1] The SLC is funded entirely by the UK taxpayer.
5 January – The UK government confirms it will not go ahead with a plan to privatise Channel 4. [2] 9 January – A new scheme to support businesses with the cost of energy bills is outlined in the House of Commons to replace existing support due to end in March. The scheme will replace capped energy bills with a wholesale discount on gas and ...
The fees remained frozen at £9,250 into the early 2020s. By 2023 this had led to a crisis in university funding as high inflation had eroded the value of tuition fees. The £9,250 fees charged in 2023 were worth only £6,500 in 2012 terms. [35] This was the cause of mass-layoffs in the sector beginning in late 2023, affecting 50 institutions. [36]
Help to Buy: Equity Loans: Buyers contribute a 5% deposit, the government provides an equity loan for up to 20% of the property value (40% within London), and buyers must provide the remaining funds themselves, typically from a mortgage. Available only for new-build under a certain amount (e.g. less than £600,000 in England, £300,000 in Wales ...
However, borrowers with FFEL and commercially-held student loans may require direct loan consolidation in order to benefit from the relief. That must be done by May 1, 2023.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt presents the 2023 United Kingdom budget to the House of Commons, and says that the UK will avoid going into recession in 2023. [178] The UK government commits to invest £20bn over the next 20 years in low-carbon energy projects, focusing on carbon capture and storage. [179]
A 2022 Freedom of Information request to the British Business Bank, the state-run body administering the bounce back loan scheme, found that almost one fifth, or 193,000 businesses had failed to meet their repayment terms as at 27 June 2022. [31] The UK government estimated that £4.9 billion of bounce back loans may have been lost to fraud. [32]