Rejected petition Suspend interest accruals on Student Loans.

University Students have been hard hit by the pandemic. Their loans already attract a high rate of interest and the Government has done nothing to alleviate the short term and long term financial impact on students

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Instruct the Student Loan company to freeze interest accruals on Student Loans and rebate any interest that would have accrued from 1 April 2020. Interest should be suspended until at least April 2022

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You might like to sign the following petitions:

Exempt Uni students affected by Covid from being charged interest on loans.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/559022

Reduce interest on ALL extant student loans to zero
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/557047

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Date submitted 6 January 2021
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