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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Student loans crisis ‘comparable to PPI scandal’, education tsar suggests

The situation facing graduates with student loans is comparable to the Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) scandal, the previous chair of a government review into Post-18 education has suggested.

Giving evidence to the Commons Treasury Committee, Sir Philip Augar said that changing the terms of Plan 2 loans, including the freezing of the repayment thresholds, is a “moral issue”, saying he “shares the outrage” that is building among graduates.

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