Select committee: Treasury Committee
Conclusion 9
1st Report – Student loans: Broken and unfair?
Published 7 Jul 2026
Addressed to HM Treasury
Treasury Committee Student loans and taxation of graduates All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
Progressive interest rates that are set higher than the rate of inflation increase the costs of higher education to high earners, but this may not seem fair to high earners who also pay higher amounts of income tax than graduates on lower incomes. (Conclusion, Paragraph 43) 40
From: Treasury Committee, 1st Report – Student loans: Broken and unfair? (HC 14), 7 July 2026
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 13 September 2026 (deadline 7 September 2026).