Stop Student loans being taken as income for Univeral Credit

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Stop taking maintenance loans as income for universal credit purposes or at least change the rules so that the entitlement is reduced by 63p per £1 instead of £1 for £1 just like earned income is . Students , especially parents , are being reduced to poverty or having to leave higher education.

Student loans have to be paid back , so as well as being penalised by universal credit and having income reduced for receiving them - we still have to pay the loans back . We do not have a choice to decline the maintenance loan as it is still taken as income anyway. We are being forced into debt. It is difficult , especially for parents , to find employment around changing university timetables. Students are being either forced into poverty or giving up their studies .

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Change the way Universal Credit is worked out regarding Student Finance

Timeline

5 Oct 2020	Petition opened for signatures
12 Oct 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 12 Oct 2020

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