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A new regulation which will see the repayment threshold for post-2012 student loans raised to £25,000/year and then increase annually in line with changes to average earnings will come into force next month.
7 March 2018
Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged to make student finance "fairer" and launched a major review of university funding this afternoon.
19 February 2018
University leavers reclaimed more than £560,000 from the Student Loans Company in December - a huge spike compared to the year before.
13 February 2018
A MoneySaver has reclaimed £1,100 in just five minutes after discovering she'd started repaying her student loan too early, following MSE's overpayment warning.
18 December 2017
More than 100,000 university leavers in the last three years alone have begun repaying their student loan earlier than needed, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal – and if you have, you may be able to reclaim £100s.
5 December 2017
Graduates will no longer waste money making further payments on student loans they have already paid back, Budget papers revealed today.
22 November 2017
The Government today formally restarted the process of selling off English student loans, after a delay of several months due to the general election. Here's what you need to know if your loan's being sold off.
31 October 2017
An influential group of MPs has launched a wide-ranging inquiry into the student loans system, amid intense political debate about the future of student finance.
14 October 2017
The Universities Minister Jo Johnson has finally agreed that student loans should be called 'graduate contributions', after being challenged on the point by MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis.
3 October 2017
Millions of g raduates will pay more interest on their student loans from September, because the inflation rate these rates are linked to has risen sharply over the past year.
11 April 2017
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