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Good Morning Britain 'Chaos' as Martin Lewis in Fiery Clash with Kemi Badenoch
Martin Lewis argued that Tory plans to limit Plan 2 student loan interest to retail price index inflation would not aid lower or middle earners due to a frozen repayment threshold.
- Live on Good Morning Britain, the programme turned chaotic when Martin Lewis confronted Kemi Badenoch during a live ITV interview, interrupting her on-air. The clash focused on the Conservatives' pledge to cut student loan interest rates.
- The policy dispute over Plan 2 interest and thresholds arose after the Chancellor Rachel Reeves' budget froze the repayment threshold, prompting calls for reform, the Education Secretary said she will 'look at' it.
- Lewis pressed the point that the interest-cut pledge would not help lower- and middle-earning graduates and urged raising the repayment threshold instead, reminding viewers the Conservatives introduced Plan 2 loans in 2012.
- Following the broadcast, Labour figures and the Education Secretary signalled pressure on the Government to reconsider Plan 2, with the Education Secretary saying she will 'look at' the system.
- Technically, Plan 2 interest runs at RPI plus up to 3%, and Martin Lewis' campaign activity last month criticised Chancellor Rachel Reeves for freezing the repayment threshold.
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