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Petition · past parliament · Department for Education

Do not implement proposed changes to student loans

Closed 45 signatures

What the petition asks

We ask the Government not to go ahead with their current plans for changes to student loan terms and eligibility for students who will enter university in 2023. We believe these changes would be harmful and discriminative.
The proposed changes include increasing the loan repayment period from 30 years to 40, lowering the income threshold for loan repayments from £27,000 to £25,000, and potentially imposing eligibility requirements to access student loans based on GCSE Maths and English results. If brought into force these proposals will massively negatively impact already disadvantaged students.

Timeline

14 Mar 2022 Petition opened for signatures
28 Sep 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 45
Status Closed
Department Department for Education
Opened 14 Mar 2022
Closed 28 Sep 2022

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