Tom Gordon: “This bill is about ensuring people facing painful deaths from terminal conditions can have the choice of how they die.”

Governments have changed the repayment terms and increased interest rates after people had already signed up.

This is a huge win for the disabled community and a culmination of two years of campaigning.

If someone earning an MP's salary still isn't likely to repay their student loan in full, what chance does someone on a much lower income have?

No bank or mortgage lender could retrospectively rewrite the terms of a loan like that. It simply wouldn't be allowed. So why should the government be able to do it?