Stop assessing student loans as income for Universal Credit
I want the government to stop student maintenance loans being treated as income for Universal Credit assessments.
Signatures
54
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 54/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 54/100,000
- 02 JUL 2025Petition closedFinal total: 54 signatures
- 02 JAN 2025Petition opened for signatures
Background
I believe students are being impacted by their maintenance loans being treated as income when applying for Universal Credit. They are loans and as such are meant to be paid back after an agreed term, so I believe it is unfair they are treated as income.