Claim: Those with student loans start repaying them when earning nearly £30,000 a year and repayments are roughly the cost of a pint of beer.
Fact-check: Are student loan repayments really 'the cost of a pint of beer'? - Full Fact
Verdict: this is broadly correct for some—those repaying loans to student finance england who started university between september 2012 and july 2023—but doesn't tell the full story. other graduates from england start making repayments at a lower income threshold, while repayments for those on a median graduate salary are much higher.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2024-09-20T00:00:00