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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kelly Rissman

Biden promises to cancel a new batch of student loan debt

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Certain borrowers will be eligible to have the rest of their student loans cancelled as soon as next month, the Biden administration announced.

Starting in February, borrowers who took out less than $12,000 in loans and have been in repayment for 10 years will get their remaining loans cancelled as long as they are enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education plan, President Joe Biden said in a statement on 12 January.

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