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Remove student income calculated by universal credit on post graduate study

Submitted on Tuesday 21st September 2021

Rejected on Monday 27th September 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Remove student income calculated by universal credit on post graduate study

Petition Details

To remove PG loans as income on universal credit claims. PG loan fees are in excess of £13000 with a student finance loan of £10609 this doesn't cover the fees. This loan is classed as income deducting the entire entitlement from UC for single parents meaning they can't afford childcare or housing.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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Change Universal Credits and How Student Loans Decrease Payments To Hardship
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/582543

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