student loans

Student Loans: A Mis-Selling Scandal Or A Graduate Tax?

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It’s September and the students are going back to Uni. Half a million new graduates will be getting their student loan documents. I have been writing about student loans for a while. Back in 2018 I wrote The Great Student Loans Swindle, followed a month later by Student Loans Swindle 2: Cash from Chaos. Earlier … Read more

Student Loans: The Accounting Trick That Got Out of Hand

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At long last, the student loan system is being debated seriously. It should be. Few policies impose marginal tax rates that politicians would tolerate anywhere else: 37% on incomes over £25,000, 51% over £50,270, and 71% over £100,000, before you even factor in interest and postgraduate add-ons. The Conservatives have proposed scrapping interest rates of … Read more