Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Stop plans to criminalise not paying back student loans

The UK government is making education less accessible to those from a working class background. To criminalise paying back these already outrageous tuition fees regardless of what you are earning after University in a certain amount of time is ridiculous.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

The Government has said that it has no plans to make it a criminal offence not to repay a student loan.

You can find out more in the response to this petition:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/121888

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