Mark Ellis reported for the Daily Mirror on the Sutton Trust’s Unfair Deal brief

Women and students from poorer homes will end up paying thousands of pounds more for their tuition fee loans under changes planned by Chancellor George Osborne.

The government wants to freeze the level at which graduates start to repay their loans at £21,000 for five years from 2016.

In real terms, freezing the threshold means it will get lower so graduates will pay back more and less will be written off at the 30 year mark.

The freeze will affect low-income students the most when means-tested grants become means-tested loans in 2016 and their debt burden is increased.

The Sutton Trust is also concerned that retrospective changes to loan terms can lead to uncertainty and damage trust in the student loans system.

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