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Scrap parental means testing for student maintenance loans

Submitted by Daniel Watson on Thursday 9th October 2025

Published on Tuesday 18th November 2025

Current status: Open

Open until: Monday 18th May 2026

Current Signatures: 47
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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Tagged with

Education ~ England ~ Expected ~ Finance ~ household income ~ Legally ~ Limited ~ Loan ~ Parent ~ Rent ~ Rents ~ Responsible ~ Scraps ~ Steps ~ Student finance ~ testing ~ Working class

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Popularity

This petition has 47 signatures in total, with signatories from 42 constituencies. That makes it the 1,590th most popular open petition, and the 30,148th most popular of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 17% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of 1% (low).

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Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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