Submitted by Ursule Balberiute on Thursday 26th February 2026
Published on Friday 27th March 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Sunday 27th September 2026
Current Signatures: 13
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Basics ~ Children ~ Education ~ Ensure ~ Fairness ~ Fairs ~ Families ~ fund ~ Higher Education ~ inequality ~ inflation ~ Living costs ~ Pace ~ Parliament ~ Pressure ~ Prevent ~ Reviewed ~ RISE ~ Severe ~ Siblings ~ Unemployment ~ Universities ~ university fees ~ URGENT ~ Young people
Increase university maintenance loans for families with multiple siblings
I urge the UK Government and Parliament to review university maintenance loans, ensure they keep pace with inflation and living costs, fairly support families with multiple children in higher education, and prevent funding shortfalls and inequality. Taking into account increase in university fees.
Current university maintenance loans fail to cover real living costs. Some families supporting multiple children are under severe financial pressure, causing students to struggle to afford basic needs. Rising costs in accommodation and university fees and more importantly unemployment for young people, mean many students aren't able to support themselves either. Making it urgent that loans are reviewed and increased for families with multiple siblings to ensure fairness for all students.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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