@The_NewReformer But the compensation paid to slave owners (yes, owners) in the UK took so much of the country's budget it wasn't fully paid off til 2015 - hardly fair!
@annwitbrock@thetimes How did she manage no interest?
Ours have ยฃ9500 pa course fees plus maintenance loan (varies) so in excess of ยฃ45k loan + interest from the 1st day of uni at 4.3%
All work very hard but paying it off before 30 would be an incredible feat!
@ManagerMummy@thetimes Same here, interest from the day the loan is taken out (ie still a student) and the interest rate on plan 2 currently set at 7.3%
@beverleyturner It may be a parent's duty but not all parents are good ones and not all are able.
I'm happy, as a tax payer, to step up and help those who need it.
Of all the government proposals to quibble about, this shouldn't be one!
@KristoCherubim@darrengrimes_ I think you'll find that the laws in place which resulted in these sentences were there long before he was pm.
Don't agree with them, but that is the justice system we have.