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Petition · past parliament

Suspend interest accruals on Student Loans.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

University Students have been hard hit by the pandemic. Their loans already attract a high rate of interest and the Government has done nothing to alleviate the short term and long term financial impact on students
Instruct the Student Loan company to freeze interest accruals on Student Loans and rebate any interest that would have accrued from 1 April 2020. Interest should be suspended until at least April 2022

Why it was rejected

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

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Exempt Uni students affected by Covid from being charged interest on loans.
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Reduce interest on ALL extant student loans to zero
Reduce interest on ALL extant student loans to zero

Timeline

6 Jan 2021 Petition opened for signatures
12 Jan 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 12 Jan 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.