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STUDENT nurses at nine universities have had their loans and grants cut off or reduced after they were previously paid too much by mistake.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has written to the Student Loans Company (SLC) urging it to write off overpayments over fears that those affected may be unable to pay their rent.
The RCN said least 100 second and third-year nursing students had received letters from the SLC stating expected payments would be reduced or stopped in order to recover the overpayments.
As a proportion of GDP the total welfare bill is lower than it was 15 years ago. The claim that it is spiralling out of control is mythmaking, argues DIANE ABBOTT
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
A new report from the Citizens Advice destroys the government narrative about disabled people ‘choosing’ not to work, showing the £3,000 annual cuts will create a two-tiered system based on claim dates rather than needs, writes DYLAN MURPHY