Declan Rice has been described as the "ideal" signing for Manchester United this summer amid rumours linking him with a move to Old Trafford.
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Millions of people are set to pay more on their student loans under a "stealth tax rise" announced by the government today.
Student loan repayment thresholds will be frozen from April 6 after ministers scrapped plans to raise them by 4.6pc.
It means graduates will have to shell out more of their disposable income as wages and prices continue to rise with inflation, reports The Mirror.
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The freeze will cost anyone earning more than £30k about £113 more than expected, The Institute for Fiscal Studies estimates.
It comes at the same time as a cost-of-living crisis, with inflation, energy bills and National Insurance rising while income tax thresholds are frozen.
IFS senior economist Ben Waltmann said it was “a further hit to real incomes”, adding it “effectively constitutes a tax rise by stealth on graduates with middling earnings.”
Graduates on ‘Plan 2’ loans, issued after 2012, pay back their loans at 9pc of everything they earn over £27,295 per year.
This threshold was raised from £25,000 in 2018/19, £25,725 in 2019/20 and £26,575 in 2020/21 to keep up with rising prices.
But now it will be frozen - despite inflation hitting 4.8pc and economists warning it is set to rise further by April.
IFS director Paul Johnson said: “That'll be a 6 or 7pc real terms reduction and hence a real terms increase in repayments of c. £150 a year on graduates with student loans.
"Not an obvious response to "cost of living crisis"."
The change in policy was slipped out on Friday afternoon in a written statement to Parliament.
The Plan 3 threshold will also remain at £21,000 - while tuition fees will be frozen at £9,250 for the fifth year in a row.
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Johnny Marr says that The Smiths “never fell out over politics,” but that they “probably would now.”Marr and songwriting partner Morrissey have had a number of high-profile beefs in the press since the band split up in the late 1980s, with Morrissey most recently asking Marr to stop mentioning him when giving interviews.In a new interview with The Guardian, Marr was posed questions by fans and celebrities about The Smiths, his solo work and beyond.In the interview, Marr was asked by Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham: “Did the Smiths ever fall out over football or politics?”Marr replied: “We never discussed football so that’s that. And we never fell out over politics, but we probably would now.”A subsequent question from a fan then said: “Morrissey’s recent political views have cast a shadow over the Smiths for me – reaching back into the past and tainting something that was very important to me. I’m so disappointed in him.
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