’Someone in Downing Street has been watching too much Celebrity Traitors…'
Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells @NickFerrariLBC that rumours of a challenge to Keir Starmer’s leadership are ‘ridiculous’.
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Lady in blue, "Will student loans be the next misselling scandal?" #BBCQT
Oli Dugmore, "My three year course, £9,000 a year for the tuition, on top of that a maintenance loan, I left uni with £37,500 of debt"
"From the day I was charged RPI interest"
"Since I went to uni in 2012, the amount of interest I have accrued is £32,000"
"Was it missold to me when I was told it would cost me £9,000 a year? Yes"
"On top of that its a regressive system"
"If you're wealthy enough to pay the fees up front, you don't get charged interest - if you're rich enough you don't pay the same as me"
"The government changed the terms of the agreement, I call that loan sharking"
Fiona Bruce, "How else would you pay for university?"
Oli Dugmore, "How did you guys pay for it?"
"The state paid for it, didn't they?"
Fiona Bruce, "They did"
Oli Dugmore, "Good enough for you, good enough for me?"
'The Government wants to ban our protest against animal testing - this is the last chance to fight back'
✍️ Meg Mathews and @Naturewatch_org's Kate Salmon for LBC Opinion https://t.co/1RTvVHEtS7
Health Secretary @WesStreeting will join @NickFerrariLBC to take your calls later this morning.
Watch live on the LBC app from 9 am: https://t.co/LZX5KSALCN
'We are the capital of Europe for phone theft.’
‘That’s not true.’
Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley believes the findings are ‘thinly veiled politics’.
'Don't tell me you don't want to be out on strike - because that is exactly where you are. Own it.'
As resident doctors walk out again, @wesstreeting calls out the 'reprehensible and cartel-like behaviour' of their union.