Kemi Badenoch Proposes Scrapping High Interest on UK Student Loans
Education Secretary Kemi Badenoch announced the Conservative party's plan to eliminate high interest rates on student loans, aiming to end what she describes as an 'unfair debt trap.' She suggested Labour's focus was on maintenance grants rather than interest cuts.
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Tories vow to lower interest on some student loans
Kemi Badenoch says graduates feel 'stitched up' as she promises to cut Plan 2 loan interest charges.
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Education secretary suggests Labour’s priority is maintenance grants for poorer students rather than cutting interest Kemi Badenoch has said the Conservatives would scrap the “unfair debt trap” of high interest rates on student loans, piling pressure on Labour ministers to tackle the growing outrage over the high costs. The education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, admitted the system of plan 2 loans had “problems” but suggested the government’s priority would be maintenance grants for poore...
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