DON'T LOSE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE
Important information, which will enable Woking Borough Council to compile the electoral register, will be dropping through every resident's letter box at the end of this week (Friday 18 August).
15 Aug 2006
National News
Top-up fees send student debt soaring
Students starting university this year will pay record bills for their degrees, figures revealed yesterday. Undergraduates now expect to pay an average of £33,152 to fund a three-year degree course, a 17 per cent increase on last year, according to the latest Nat West Student Money Matters survey. These costs will leave them with average debts of £14,779 by the time they complete their education. Most of the rise is due to the introduction of top-up fees, which allow universities to charge up to £3,000 a year.
15 Aug 2006
Top-up fees send student debt soaring
Students starting university this year will pay record bills for their degrees, figures revealed yesterday. Undergraduates now expect to pay an average of £33,152 to fund a three-year degree course, a 17 per cent increase on last year, according to the latest Nat West Student Money Matters survey. These costs will leave them with average debts of £14,779 by the time they complete their education. Most of the rise is due to the introduction of top-up fees, which allow universities to charge up to £3,000 a year.
15 Aug 2006
Our young people deserve - and need - better!
Sandra Gidley MP has condemned the Government's failure to deliver on sexual health services and wider sexual health information and advice for young people.
15 Aug 2006
Shepway Students see Debt Increasing
The 2006 NatWest Student Money Matters survey reveals that sixth formers starting university this year expect to pay £33,512 for a three-year degree course. This is up from £28,600 last year and includes the new tuition fees. As a result, they expect to graduate with £14,779 of debt, an increase of £1,099 on 2005 figures.
15 Aug 2006
Blair's 'Frenzied Law Making' - A new offence for every day spent in office
Tony Blair's government has created more than 3,000 new criminal offences during its nine-year tenure, one for almost every day it has been in power.
14 Aug 2006