The govt's Student Loan Plan 2 repayment freeze in April 2027 must be reversed. It isn't moral.
I'm concerned that my debate with Kemi Badenoch this morning distracts from the most immediate problem. In April 2027 Rachel Reeves will freeze the Plan 2 student loan threshold until 2030 which by then will increase graduate repayments by £300/yr more.
This is effectively a unilateral negative breach of the student loan contract. Students were told the threshold would rise with average earnings. No commercial lender would be allowed to do this. The govt shouldn't do it either.
Changing the terms of future students loans is a political decision - people may not like it but it is transparent. Negatively changing the terms of contracts already signed, and long in place, is a breach of natural justice.
Rachel Reeves should be very careful arguing only graduates should pay for their degrees
Would be a lot of cold pensioners without our generation’s taxes. I don’t make much use of the nuclear deterrent either
Education is a public good, not a commodity
Under the Tories, tuition fees have tripled and young people are leaving university with nearly £60,000 worth of debt.
Let’s be blunt: we need to end the scandal of spiralling student debt. #AnotherFutureIsPossible https://t.co/qZuoZOR2Pc
@gmcuk “…with more doctors than ever before choosing locally employed (LE) roles”
When there are ~29k applicants for ~9k core training posts, doctors are not *choosing* LE roles
They have no other option
This is disingenuous at best
Doctors are choosing not to be unemployed.
They’re choosing to keep the lights on and put food on the table.
That’s what they’re “choosing”
#medtwitter
Very mixed weekend for me, had 3 patients say I look too young to be a doctor, meanwhile I’ve had 2 junior colleagues ask me if I’m the med reg? #MedTwitter