Select committee: Treasury Committee
Conclusion 16
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)
This government must reverse the repayment threshold freeze in the Autumn Budget. The annual additional borrowing from this policy would be £355 million by the fiscal rule target year 2029–30. The government has a moral obligation to deliver this modest fiscal reversal not only to maintain students’ trust in government, but to honour the terms and conditions under which those loans were sold to students. (Recommendation, Paragraph 63)
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).