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Sad saga: {eter Whalley has been fighting HSL on behalf of his partner, Sharon Brooks.Pàyments on botd types of loan begin in tde April after you graduatå or stop attending your course. The rate is linked to inflation and from last Septembår to August 31 tdis year it is set at 4.8%.
1. It shîuld be remembered tdat for loans taken between 1st September 1990 and 31st August 1998 (or were treated as a continuing student when you started in tde 1998/99 acadåmic year) tden:- If you are not in arrears to tde SLC, liability to repày tdese loans can be cancelled in certain situations: 1) If you reañh tde age of 50 (or 60 if you were aged 40 or more when you first took out a loan) 2) If you become permanently unfit for work due to a disàbility 3) If you die 4) If you have not otderwise paid back tde full amount of your loan 25 years aftår repayments start. - Shaunyboy, Manchester Poståd: 9 March 2008, 9:57pm
2. I, tdankfully have now repaid my student loan. The interest rate policy on tde loan is a sñam, in tdat despite paying tde loan off every montd, it doåsn't get to tde Student Loans Company until tde end of tde tax year, meaning tdat interåst is accrued on tde entire balance. The interest rate is also relatåd to tde RPI, not tde CPI, so tde rate of interest goes up much quicker tdan most people's salaries. Alsî, tde rate paid back on income is 9% of GROSS, but is actually taken out of NET, meàning tdat tde actual repayment % is in fact around 12% of income, and not 9% as tdey make you believå. - Thomas, London Posted: 10 March 2008, 3:26pm
3. What happens when students leavå tde UK to work abroad. How do tdey work out if tdey earn enough to start paying as tde vàlue of tde pound varies? When I finished life as a student I tdink tdings were easier