Piled through this lot on holiday.
Watch what happened when first-time voter and co-founder of The Teenage Market, Joe Barratt, sat down with Labour parliamentary candidate for Hazel Grove, Michael Taylor, to talk about his campaign, the Labour manifesto and Ed Miliband
2:03 The Campaign
5:12 Ed Miliband
7:51 The Economy
10:22 Energy and Climate Change
12:14 Transport
14:10 Business
17:40 NHS
21:38 Housing
23:45 Devolution
25:22 House of Lords Reform
26:21 Lowering the voting age
27:22 Education
28:53 Undecided Voters
Campaigning for our NHS in Hazel Grove. Against TTIP and creeping privatisation.
Q
sprinklesmakelifebetter asked:
In the SOTU President Obama addressed making college more affordable for future students, but what will the government due for those already suffering from student loan debt? Are there any loan reform plans on the way in 2015? #AsktheWH
A
sprinklesmakelifebetter, thanks for the question! The President has already implemented several programs the help students with student loan debt.
The first two you need to know about are Income-Based Repayment and Pay As You Earn. Both make sure that students are paying what they can afford, and when they can afford it.
Both programs cap payments based on borrowers’ income — and you can learn more about them at StudentAid.gov (which is our federal government’s one-stop shop for all student aid related questions).
Chris Leslie MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, responding to today’s public sector finance figures, said:
“These figures show George Osborne has broken his promise to balance the books by this year and national debt is still rising.
“His failure on the deficit is because…
(via labourpress)
Final chance for Government to ensure fracking regime is safe and sustainable – Flint and Greatrex ➔
Labour has tabled an amendment to prevent fracking in the UK unless 13 outstanding loopholes in the regulation are closed. Labour first set out its conditions for fracking to take place in March 2012, but the Government has repeatedly sidelined genuine and legitimate concerns, ignoring gaps in the…
(via labourpress)