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A bleak future for Britain's graduates?
Graduate ‘contribution’ could see uni cost rocket

By Alex Stevenson The cost of going to university could double under the coalition government’s plans to introduce a graduate ‘contribution’, a union has warned. It follows higher education minister David Willetts’ tacit acceptance of business secretary Vince Cable’s calls for a graduate tax yesterday. The Liberal Democrat approach had appeared at odds with that… Read more »

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Banks confront lack of lending
Bankers address lending problems

By politics.co.uk staff Britain’s high street bank bosses have outlined their plans to tackle limited lending to businesses in a letter to chancellor George Osborne. Stephen Green, chairman of the British Bankers’ Association, told Mr Osborne the taskforce would report by early October and cover market analysis, securitisation and funding, business finance and trade finance…. Read more »