Submitted on Thursday 29th January 2026
Rejected on Thursday 5th March 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Remove Interest from UK Student Loans
We call on Parliament to remove interest on UK student loans. In 2024–25, £15.2bn in interest was added while only £5bn was repaid — roughly 3x as much. Graduates enter repayment with average debts of around £53,000, and around 75% are expected to never repay in full.
• Lower and middle earners often pay mainly interest, while high earners clear loans more quickly. In 2024–25, 67% of those repaying student loans added more interest than they paid, and 2.2m people now owe £50k+.
• Repayments add 9% on top of tax and NI, pushing marginal rates towards 60%. The Times reports graduates typically need to earn ~£66k before reducing the balance.
• Unlike other debts, student loans cannot be cleared through bankruptcy and are repaid via the tax system for 30+ years.
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Abolish interest charges on student loans
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/756832
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