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UK student loans: MPs call promotion mis-selling

UK student loans are under new scrutiny after MPs said past promotion amounted to mis-selling and attacked a £29,385 repayment-threshold freeze.

By Helena BrandtJuly 7, 2026

Students sit in a lecture setting as UK lawmakers scrutinise student-loan marketing.

Economy

Buy British push targets four UK strategic sectors

Buy British procurement rules will steer UK contracts toward shipbuilding, steel, AI and energy suppliers as Reeves turns spending into industrial policy.

By Helena BrandtMay 25, 2026

Harland & Wolff cranes in Belfast, a symbol of the UK shipbuilding supply chain targeted by new procurement guidance.

Banking

UK ring-fencing rules: looser regime tests bank safeguards

UK ring-fencing rules are being loosened as ministers target up to £80 billion in extra lending while keeping core retail deposit barriers in place.

By Tomás IglesiasMay 16, 2026

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves poses outside 11 Downing Street ahead of presenting the Spring Forecast to Parliament, in London, Britain, March 3, 2026.