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Kate Ogden

Why millions of graduates are stuck repaying more for decades

Many who have turned their degree into a lucrative career will have to pay back more than they borrowed

Sun 15 Feb 2026

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Sun 15 Feb 2026

Save our students
Rachel Sylvester
How student loans became a political minefield

Sun 15 Feb 2026

How student loans became a political minefield
Catherine Neilan
Young Labour MPs team up to force chancellor’s hand on student loans

Sun 1 Feb 2026

Young Labour MPs team up to force chancellor’s hand on student loans
Anna Fazackerley
Rats run riot in infested student halls – and chew holes in Renters’ Rights Act

Sun 9 Nov 2025

Rats run riot in infested student halls – and chew holes in Renters’ Rights Act
Jill Insley
My student loan was paid to someone else

Sun 19 Oct 2025

My student loan was paid to someone else

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