Lower graduate repayment level could be ‘deeply regressive’

Analysis models impact of fall in salary level when graduates start to repay their loans

Making graduates start to repay their student loans at a lower salary level of £23,000 per year could see more of the burden of paying for higher education fall on middle-income earners, a think tank has warned.

The rising cost of higher education to the public has been getting more attention from the government, and on 26 September the Financial Times newspaper reported that the government is considering reducing the repayment threshold.