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Call You and Yours: Is University Squeezing Your Household And Is It Worth It?

Consumer phone-in. The loans that replace maintenance grants are means tested. This means that parents are likely to have to pay far more.

Maintenance grants for poorer students have gone now and the loans that replace them are means tested. New analysis suggests that parents are ending up paying far more to top up their student children. Is it fair that loans should be means-tested in this way? Are you one of those who is likely to pay more? What sort of effect will it have on your household? Are you a student considering turning down university because of the knock on effect on your family?

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  • Tue 27 Sep 2016 12:15

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