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9:40Now Playing“They realise the people on these [loans] are almost being punished for having gone to university and graduating with so much to repay.”
With Keir Starmer pledging to look at ways to make the student loan system ‘fairer’, active discussions in the Treasury mean a U-turn could be announced as soon as next week, says newsroom producer for The Times, Ollie Cole.
Ollie Cole was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every day from 4pm-7pm.
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