Comparing student loans to phone contracts 'amounted to mis-selling', MPs say

A new report says students were not well-enough informed that their loan terms could change retrospectively.

Student loan promotion in England and Wales amounted to mis-selling, MPs say

Treasury select committee also says ministers have moral obligation to reverse last year’s repayment threshold freeze Slideshows that compared student loan repayments with the cost of a mobile phone contract, and YouTube videos that did not mention the fact that loan terms could change amounted to mis-selling by the government, MPs have said. The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, caused a furore last year when she announced that the repayment threshold on plan 2 student loans would be frozen at £29,...

By Hilary Osborne

Next chancellor must scrap student loans three-year threshold freeze, MPs say

Ministers are facing criticism for how they have handled repayment terms for graduates, in particular those with so-called ‘plan 2’ loans

By David Lynch