MSE News: Student loan rates likely to drop from September as inflation falls

Former_MSE_Paloma

March's RPI rate of inflation, which is what student loan repayments are based on, has been announced as 0.9% ...

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Ed-1

MSE_Paloma wrote: »

March's RPI rate of inflation, which is what student loan repayments are based on, has been announced as 0.9% ...

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Student loans rates likely to drop from September as inflation falls




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The repayment threshold for 1998-2011 loans needs updating. It is now £17335 as of 6 April 15 (up from £16910) and will go up by 0.9% to £17495 on 6 April 16.

Former_MSE_Helen

Thanks for flagging this Ed-1 - we have tripled checked this information and corrected that in the piece. It now reads £17,335 for 1998-2011 loans.