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Freezing the student loan repayment threshold

Friday, 15 July, 2016

In September 2012 the Government made significant changes to the student finance system: tuition fees for full-time undergraduate degrees were raised to £9,000 per year, the loan repayment threshold was raised to £21,000 and a new tiered rate of interest was introduced for student loans. In 2015 the Government issued a consultation on freezing the loan repayment threshold for five years. In November 2015 the Government announced in the Spending Review that it had decided to freeze the repayment threshold for all post-2012 loans until at least April 2021.
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Sources of Statistics: Industry

Wednesday, 13 July, 2016

This introductory guide provides sources of statistics on UK industries.
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Sources of Statistics: Trade

Wednesday, 13 July, 2016

This introductory guide provides sources of statistics on trade.
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Sources of Statistics: Public Finances

Wednesday, 13 July, 2016

This introductory guide provides sources of statistics on public finance.
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Sources of Statistics: Growth and Output

Wednesday, 13 July, 2016

This introductory guide provides sources of statistics on economic growth and output.
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- Economic situation
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Sources of Statistics: Labour Market

Wednesday, 13 July, 2016

This introductory guide provides sources of statistics on the UK labour market.
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- Economic situation
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Sources of Statistics: Inflation and Prices

Wednesday, 13 July, 2016

This introductory guide provides sources of statistics on inflation and prices.
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Sources of Statistics: Interest Rates, Banking and Finance

Wednesday, 13 July, 2016

This introductory guide provides sources of statistics on interest rates, banking and finance.
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- Economic situation
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Sources of social statistics: Education

Wednesday, 13 July, 2016

This introductory guide provides sources of statistics on education.
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Sources of social statistics: Agriculture and Fisheries

Wednesday, 13 July, 2016

This introductory guide provides sources of statistics on agriculture and fisheries.
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Source of statistics: School level data

Wednesday, 13 July, 2016

What data is published at a school level in the UK and where can I find it?
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Arts Funding: Statistics

Wednesday, 13 July, 2016

This note examines funding for the arts across Great Britain from 1955 to the present. The Arts Council of England (ACE), Creative Scotland (CS), Arts Council of Wales (ACW), as well as the historic Arts Council of Great Britain (ACGB), receive individual examination.
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- Culture, media and sport
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Social Enterprise

Tuesday, 12 July, 2016

This note describes the make up of what is often called the economic third sector or social enterprise.
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- Finance
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The South China Sea dispute: July 2016 update

Tuesday, 12 July, 2016

Southeast Asia is home to a range of complex territorial disputes, but the most intractable and combustible is the South China Sea dispute. Tensions between the rival countries have been on the rise in recent years. An Arbitral Tribunal constituted under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea has ruled in favour of the Philippines in a case brought by that country against China.
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Replacing the UK’s ‘Trident’ Nuclear Deterrent

Monday, 11 July, 2016

In July 2016 the government sought parliament's approval for the replacement of the UK's nuclear deterrent.

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