George Osborne froze the threshold at which graduates can start to repay their student loans. It is currently stuck at £21,000 and lecturers believe it could greatly affect those who took the loan from 2012 as well as discourage students from applying for a university. Graduates are expected to pay more of their income while it is also predicted to aid on the government's debt.
Transparency is what California is Not for Sale's ballot initiative is aiming to achieve as they are heading to receive title and summary this month. The initiative wants to change the dress code of politicians by requiring them to wear the logos of their top 10 corporate donors, as well as disclosing them during their political campaign.
Earlier last month, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutglu promised to grant legal status to the 'cemevis' as the place of worship for the Alevi Muslims. However, Religious Affair Directorate President Mehmet Gormez recently expressed it as a 'red line'.
‘Downton Abbey’ is a planned film based on the highly popular British period drama series created by Julian Fellowes. Dame Maggie Smith’s iconic character, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, may be killed off in the planned big-screen adaptation.
